Laptop cover switch in FC5

[Dan]

Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> 	There has been a bit of a change between FC4 and FC5 that has bit me.
>
> 	I have a Dell Laptop that I'm often using with an external monitor.
> I've used this with "clone" mode and "dual head mode" and "xinerama" at
> different times.  Under FC4, I would normally just close the laptop
> screen when hooked to the external monitor and work on that monitor.  I
> found that in FC5, as soon as it hits the cover switch the laptop
> activates the screen saver.  I think in FC4 it merely executed a "screen
> off" for the internal screen which turned off the laptop screen and left
> the external screen alone.  FC5 now results in both screens blanked
> until I open the laptop again and enter the password into the
> screensaver.
>
> 	Anyone have any idea how to get the old behavior back?  I can't find
> the "hook" that tells it how to behave.
>
> 	Mike
>   
I don't think it's a difference in how FC4 handled the external monitor; 
the difference is that in FC5, the kernel has the framework for the 
suspend and hibernate operations, so power management is implemented in 
a much more useful fashion. You can look through gnome-power-manager 
(the preferences for the battery icon in the tray) and see if there is 
an option to make the screen not go blank immediately when the lid is 
closed.
-Dan