I’m about to buy a new laptop. I’m still happy with my Thinkpad T60p1 even though it needs a service to get rid of some heat problems and this annoying display issue, which has become worse lately: Anyway, the new laptop is not for me but for my wife, so that there is less competition… Continue reading About to buy a new laptop
Tag: Ubuntu
Lock screen when I close the laptop lid
I’m quite sure that Ubuntu 7.0.4 (Feisty Fawn) with GNOME 2.18 locked my screen when I closed the lid of my laptop. Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) with GNOME with 2.20 did not until I made this change under the hood. The XML below can be imported with gconftool –load. <gconfentryfile> <entrylist base=”/apps/gnome-power-manager/lock”> <entry>… Continue reading Lock screen when I close the laptop lid