On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 02:15:07AM -0700, Nicholas Ricketts wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if there is a way to disable the apm functions on a latop
> lid. When I close my lid I want nothing to happned. But it always goes to
> sleep. I already tried putting in the APM_NO_STANDBY in kernel and still
> would go to sleep when I closed the lid. Any ideas?

This is often a very bad idea -- many laptops have exhaust blower fans,
and exhaust vents, on the sides, but draw _fresh_ air for cooling through
the keyboard (or the reverse).  If you leave them running with the lid
shut, well, the potential consequences are obvious...

-- 
 Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
   But as he knew no bad language, he had called him all the names of common
 objects that he could think of, and had screamed: "You lamp!  You towel!  You
 plate!" and so on.              --Sigmund Freud