Comment by vermaden

Hi,

> It looks like this particular FreeBSD installation (we don't know if it's out of the box or customized, and haven't seen it side by side with another hardware setup) works very well.

All the settings I use are documented here - and its nothing special really - most people using FreeBSD on laptops use them:

- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/04/14/freebsd-13-1-on-th...

- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/the-power-to-serve...

> Wonder if the results are the same if they closed the lid rather than remembering to press the button.

I often just close the lid and DO NOT want the laptop to go to sleep - that is why I do not use it - but it works the same with hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=S3 in /etc/sysctl.conf file - it does not matter for FreeBSD if zzz(8) commands triggers S3 state or something else.

> Also, I wonder why this doesn't trigger any authentication when starting back up. Anyone could snatch that laptop and still be logged in.

The purpose of this videos were to show only the suspend/resume process of FreeBSD system.

In my daily life I have two shortcuts related to this:

- [SUPER] + [L] - locks the system and leaves it running - and it requires to enter password

- [SUPER] + [CTRL] + [ALT] + [L] - locks the system AND PUTS IT INTO S3 SLEEP - and it requires to enter password if you wake it up

Hope that helps.

Regards,

vermaden