adium quits on powerbook close... help?

[kirk]

when I shut my powerbook, adium quits. I'm not sure if this was covered already, I think I searched pretty thoroughly (sp?).. is there any way to make it so this doesnt happen?

Thanks a lot.

[Son of a Preacher Man]

Quits? Or just disconnects? If you mean the latter, there's no way around it as your Powerbook can't maintain a connection when asleep.

[kirk]

well yeah, disconnects. It sucks that there's no way around it. thanks anyway

[Son of a Preacher Man]

Sleeping's equivalent in many ways to turning your computer off - you wouldn't be chatting with people while you were asleep, right? (although some swear I can hold a logical conversation in my sleep, but that's not the point...)

You can get little haxies that enable you to turn off automatic sleeping when you close the lid, I believe. But be warned, some portables will overheat if they run with the lid closed for too long.

[TheSilverFox06]

Yeah, there's no way around it. It's just a function of the way sleep works - no network activity.

[kirk]

alright, thanks anyway

[unfortunate]

you could have an external usb mouse plugged into your powerbook. i know that when i close my lid and then plug in an external mouse i can wake the computer while the lids closed. you do know that your powerbook can operate with it's lid closed. if i had a nice apple display to use i would hook that up and work with my powerbook closed underneath.

bottom line.. wake your pb with an external mouse or keyboard

[fracai]

an external mouse might wake up the computer, but without an external keyboard and monitor, it'll go back to sleep in a few seconds. there's a hardware switch that forces sleep after a specified time unless the external monitor and keyboard are there.

[unfortunate]

oh i forgot to mention that part you need the external accessories connected to keep it running