On 18 June 2010 15:36, Christoph Rissner <c.r@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/07/2010 07:16 PM, Isaac Dupree wrote: >> >> please inform us, what does "xset dpms force off" do? And for what >> circumstances/purpose do you use it? > > Sorry it took so long, I missed your reply. > > "xset dpms force off" is supposed to turn off the screen immediately using > DPMS, at least thats what it seems to do. > I just don't want to suspend (suspend the whole system to RAM) everytime I > close the lid, rather I like it to continue to work on whatever I told it to > do :-) That _is_ the default behaviour - the laptop should do nothing at all when the lid is closed. I know of no particular hardware/BIOS that sets a sleep action upon lid closure. It is only altered by userspace tools/daemons like for eg. when using a DE. You might want to check what else is enforcing a rule to the lid-closing state. -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD
