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From: Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Lid support.
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 18:05:15 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <20010427104411.A37@(none)> from "Pavel Machek" at Apr 27, 2001 10:44:11 AM
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> 
> Hi!
> 
> > I assume there is no generic APM support for lid-close?
> > My BIOS (P100 DEC CTS5100 Hinote VP) has no way to do anything other
> > than beep, when the lid is closed, so I'm using a hack that polls the
> > ct65548 video chips registers to find when the BIOS turns the LCD off,
> > so I can do whatever.
> > 
> > Or is there a better wya?
> 
> Yes, going ACPI. But you'll need current acpi, not the one in 2.4.3

Is ACPI really likely to be in a Sep 95 laptop?

Isn't it usually mentioned in the BIOS?
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