Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k

[Peter Schuller]

> from sysctl hw.acpi:
>
> hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S3 S4 S5
> hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
> hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1
> hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: S1
> hw.acpi.standby_state: S1
> hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3

Right. hw.acpi.lid_switch_state is the one you want. 

> using S3 does suspend the laptop, when I power it back on, the X display
> looks like it's burning from inside the LCD and I have to pull the battery
> and pull the power, then reboot it.

I don't think I ever got suspend to work with X and ACPI. Forgot to mention 
that. The "almost works" senario was in console mode (though X may be running 
it just must not be the active console).

> > As an alternative you can try using APM. APM suspend mostly works on the
> > T40p; it might work on yours too.
>
> Yeah I might try that, or just deal with closing the lid when I'm not using
> it.

It's a trade-off. I actually like being able to close the lid without 
suspending the laptop (a problem with APM). But on the other hand the ability 
to suspend when I *want* to do that outweighs that inconvenience.

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