IBM T43 won't suspend on closing of lid

[acataldi123]

I am using KDE. I have a T43 that I have set to suspend to Ram when I close the lid (under the power management of system settings). When I close the lid, the fan continues to run and the system does not suspend. When I open the lid, it appears to be in a "screen lock" mode. I enter the password and the system comes back to life. When I manually do a suspend to Ram, this works fine. If I close the lid after a manual suspend, and then open the lid, the system comes back fine also.

Any ideas why the closing of the lid does not suspend? I have also tried using suspend to disk with the same results.

Thanks

[Ertain]

Is the module thinkpad-acpi loaded?  If you're wondering you can check that using the command:

Code:

lsmod | grep thinkpad-acpi

[acataldi123]

I am guessing it is not since the output of the command reported nothing.

[Ertain]

Then try this command on for size:

Code:

# First change to super user.  Don't forget your administrator password.
su

Then load the module:

Code:

modprobe thinkpad-acpi

This will load the kernel module.  Hopefully this will alleviate your problems.

By the way, if you can't become the super user then go into pclos Control Center -> System, and select "Open Console as Administrator".  This will open up a terminal with root privileges, and you can use the "modprobe" command.

[acataldi123]

I did as directed, but this had no affect. I even rebooted but still nothing.

[sling-shot]

Are you able to open the power management module in System Settings? It might be due to powersaved interfering with PowerDevil. If so you will have to stop the powersaved service.

[acataldi123]

The Power Management Utility works fine. I can open and make changes. Nothing still seems to make a difference however with the original problem.