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Issue with laptop screen when opening lid

I use Archlinux, with acpid to configure the laptop lid behavior rather than systemd. Currently, I have it set so vbetool sets dpms off when the lid is closed, and reopening the lid sets it back on. ...
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How to disable auto suspend when I close laptop lid?

I'm using archlinux. It never auto-suspend before a recent system upgrade(maybe I updated the kernel?). I think it is related to laptop-mode or acpid, so I stop them: /etc/rc.d/laptop-mode stop ...
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How to use Sony VAIO buttons to lock the screen?

I have a Sony Vaio VPCEG laptop, like this. I'm using Lubuntu 11.10. I'd like to use those 3 buttons (Assist, WEB and VAIO). They work with Windows 7, to recover the system and to open the browser. ...
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Powertop tunables, what does it do?

I just install Powertop 1.98 on my laptop (T420 + FC15). There is a section called "Tunables". Half of my devices shows as Bad. I see can toggle from Bad to Good? What this section is for? Why ...
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Fedora 15 address collision on Compaq CQ41?

I keep getting an address collision warning at boot time, between ACPI and Video Rom. If I add acpi=off to grub.conf the error goes away, but then I have no power management (battery icon, proper ...