2009/2/9 Leonid Grinberg <lgrinberg@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Don't laptops do this in hardware? turning off the screen when the lid >> is closed? (Mine does so). >> Whyd would you need acpid to control this? > > I don't think my laptop does this. If someone has a Dell Inspiron e1505/6400 > and knows how to make it turn off the backlight in hardware, please tell me. I also have the same problem. When I was using GNOME, then it worked fine, but after I switched to xfce then it stopped working, even if I use gnome-power-manager to set it. After that, I installed acpid, add a some scripts to /etc/acpid/events and actions to shutdown the monitor when I close the lid. It didn't work, I am sure that the script work if I run it explicitly, and checking acpid log tell me that the script was executed. After I give up for a few day, it worked again, and after that, it stop working. My laptop is a Dell Vostro 1500.
