FC15 and GNOME3

[Bill Davidsen]

Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bill Davidsen<davidsen at tmr.com>  wrote:
>>
>> I read in a non-Fedora list that GNOME3 has dropped the ability to do power
>> management, and that all laptops will suspend when the cover is closed, like it
>> or not. Hopefully that's just a users who doesn't know how to do config, but
>> some feedback would be helpful, that behavior would be a total show stopper.
>>
>> It's desirable in many cases to turn off the display and lock, but in business
>> use the computer is likely to be doing something useful the users needs to continue.
>
> AFAIK, changing the laptop-cover closing behavior won't be possible
> through the GUI but will be possible though gconf or whatever G3's
> equivalent is, if it's different.

Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some Apple 
laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after reading 
the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely to 
survive. Fan may or may not work a little harder, though.

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