On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:18:36 +0100
frantisek holop <minusf@obiit.org> wrote:

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> hi there,
> 
> a couple of days ago, after seeing the cvs commit
> for initiating suspend upon closing the lid,
> i have asked to question how to revert this, as
> i fairly often close the lid but prefer no action
> taken.  as my netbook dies a horrible death
> on wakeup (and possibly at suspend itself) the change
> was very counterproductive, me forgetting all the
> time i can't close the lid.
> 
> so theo later committed that closing the lid does nothing
> so far.  a sensible thing i think.  but now if i press the
> power button, instead of shutdown, i get suspend.
> 
> until there is a mechanism for controlling what action
> is executed on what event (lid, power button) in
> whatever way (sysctl's or maybe some /etc/acpi scripts)
> would it be possible to revert the original functionality
> of the power button?
> 
> -f

dmesg of whatever openbsd version you are running atm might help.

- Robert