Don't Power On When Opening Laptop

A while ago I installed openSuse 11.0 on my laptop and I'm actualy very pleased about it, but there is something I'd like to change but I can't seem to find a solution for it. If mylaptop is suspended and the lid is closed, it unsuspend when I open the lid. Now, it's nothing realy bad, but it's something I don't want (because sometimes I just want to put a piece of paper on the keyboard so I won't forget it).So, what file do I need to alter to prevent this from happening ?

Hm, you might want to check the forums on specific linux distro sites. Someone here may be able to help but I know I've read about alot of weird issues with various linux distros and the power saving options on laptops so you might be more likely to hit someone that has dealt with a similar issue checking places such as that. I know the ubuntu forums are insanely helpful and have a really useful user base (not to guarantee that the ubuntu fix would necessarily work on suse).Hopefully someone else can be more helpful then moi

You might be able to control the suspend / unsuspend feature using the bios setup of the lap top. Another option is to disable it from windows,
if you got it installed.

A while ago I installed openSuse 11.0 on my laptop and I'm actualy very pleased about it, but there is something I'd like to change but I can't seem to find a solution for it. If mylaptop is suspended and the lid is closed, it unsuspend when I open the lid. Now, it's nothing realy bad, but it's something I don't want (because sometimes I just want to put a piece of paper on the keyboard so I won't forget it).So, what file do I need to alter to prevent this from happening ?

You might be able to control the suspend / unsuspend feature using the bios setup of the lap top. Another option is to disable it from windows,if you got it installed.

If you had read the original post correctly, they aren't using Windows. They are using OpenSUSE, a distribution of Linux.

Try going into the YaST program and see if there is anything there. Or try looking around in KPowerSave.

Actually I'am still not a linux user.
But I have found some threads on opensuse.org forum that may be help a bit about your issues.

Here is the link

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

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Edited September 5, 2008 by magiccode9 (see edit history)

Thanks for the links, but unfortunatly, they all handle about the inverse function, suspending the machine.

I'd like to prevent it from resuming when I open the lid.

I don't have a direct answer, but I can tell you where to look. I am currently analyzing an Eee PC's return from suspension, to figure out how to make it require a password. One of my kids is in school, and has a nosy roommate.

 

When a Linux system goes into suspension, the one remaining task is (allegedly) init the task with PID 1. I say "allegedly" because I can't run another task to check on it, when the computer is in suspension!

 

Anyway, the when it comes back, the ACPI subsystem looks in /etc/acpi to decide what to do. This location is subject to change in different Linuces. In openSuSE, it is /etc/acpi/events.

 

Anyway, here is a FAQ on how to run a script on wakeup.

 

Good luck!