On Friday, June 27, 2014 08:26:55 PM Zeitlinie wrote:
Hi,
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The USB ports can charge external devices during low power states (standby, hibernate, or power-off). If the system runs on battery mode, this only works in standby state.
[Disabled] USB ports are disabled during low power states.
This above is the key. "USB ports are disable during low power states". That way, it is not disabled at all until low power state is reached.
I fully agree.
So then one only needs to clarify what a "low power state" is. But doesn't the BIOS help actually tell me(?): it is defined in the 1st sentence of the help text. Citing this once more:
"...low power states (standby, hibernate, or power-off)..."
For me this reads, that "standby" *is* a "low power state", meaning that if I close the lid, i.e. when entering standby, the USB-ports should be disabled ... which they are not.
And just before kicking off a semantic discussion, here's to the meaning of the various terms "standby", "sleep mode", "suspend" w.r.t. "closing the lid": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_mode They're all the same.
Finally, rather than discussing semantics I'd be more than happy if there would be any way to cut power off the USB-ports, when closing the lid, via some clever configuration, which someone might know on this list?
[Enabled] USB ports are powered during low power states." ------------------------
Keep posting on the mailing list. Maybe someone reading it could have a better response or approach to this issue. I would not go on semantic because it is an endless road.And obviously, it does not help to understand this issue. Reading about battery maintenance and cares seems lower power states than 3% is low power and critical to battery life. So below this critical level it would disable any devices pulling power from. Following this line of thoughts, the only way to disable the Power on USB port (on your hardware system) is reaching lower than 3% battery power. On other words, it is not possible to cut the power off (absolute) on that hardware. Perhaps, a future BIOS update will consider smarter to cut the power off than let the battery drain into less than 3%. I sincerely wish this happen to give the proper control on users. Conclusion: Sadly.So far I know there is Not a real solution. ATM Regards, R.Chung -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org