No "sleep mode" ?, Acpi no log /gnome no laptop power mang.

[ullysse]

Dear all,

Hopefully, there is still something that can still be done before this Dell laptop burns (from overheating) in the laptop case and burns me with it.

System specifics:
Dell XPS 15z - Intel Core i7
Linux: SLC3

Although illustrated in the help section, gnome-power-manager (GPM) does not preclude a section / utility that deals with the laptop settings.

What I have:
/On AC power and /General only

I request to put to sleep after 30 mins. on power:

After 30 min: nothing happens. Not exactly. Meaning: hard-disk still in full activity. The screen goes to black mode: same black you see at restart. There is a sort of error message there..stating (nothing can be done). The only option available at this point is to restart the system (the hard way: via power button). This is does not happen with Windows 7 (this is a dual booth machine).

On lid closing and then reopening: total black screen, disk and everything on their top high activity. What can be done: only response is restart (the hard way).

Trying to resolve the issues:

*Attempted to update GPM. I have version 2.8. There seems to be a version 3.6 out there. Yum does not want to do it.

*Intervene with scripts at /ect/acpi/actions and /events ?

no handler.sh script found there.

Which button is which??

#acpi_listen:
can't open socket /var/run/acpid.socket: No such file or directory

#tail -f /var/log/messages.log
tail: cannot open `/var/log/messages.log' for reading: No such file or directory

Please let me know if you needed any further information concerning this system/situation.

I look forward to your feedback and help.

Cheers.

[ullysse]

Update:

After reading the comments in "hibernate" post, I have proceeded with turning acpi=on in /boot/grub/grub.conf..It was off initially.

Moment of panic followed the reboot: quick flash error message with (no ROM...) or something..
I have lost access to the keyboard.

Luckily, I have 2 extra kernels listed at boot. I logged from one of them and turned acpi=off.

Looking forward to a feedback on this situation.