waking up from zzz(8)

[Nate Lawson]

On Sun, 2 May 2004, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> My Vaio laptop (5.2-current from April 7) duly goes to a quiet sleep
> when I type `zzz'.
>
> Trouble is, I don't know, how to recover from that. If I hit a keyboard
> key, there is some activity inside, but the screen never turns on and
> rebooting seems to be my only option.

The power button should wake the system if pressed briefly (don't hold it
down for more that 2-3 seconds since above that means hard power off).
Also, the lid switch should work if you close the lid and open it again.

-Nate