On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Genes MailLists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Using fully updated testing repo - starting 'recently' - I notice that lid > close no longer sleeps my laptop. > > Kde power is configured to sleep on lid close. If i click the menu and > choose sleep manually - it sleeps fine - and subsequently wakes fine on > lid-open. > > I can confirm with this little shell loop (left running and then close lid > and reopen) that acpi shows lid is indeed closed: > > while [[ 1 == 1 ]] >> do >> cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/state >> sleep 1 >> done > state: open > state: open > state: open > state: open > state: closed > state: closed > state: closed > state: closed > state: open > state: open > > > So, it -seems- as if lid-event is not being passed along for some reason to > the (kde) power management - or not being listened to. > > I have not yet switched to systemd - and I'm not sure which process is > responsible for such events. > > It still happens with 3.5.4 kernel if that makes any difference. > > It is a W520 lenovo laptop. > > Anyone else notice similar - or can offer suggestions? > > Thanks. Does running acpi_listen and closing then reopening the lid gives an indication that the lid open/close is being seen - just to check if there is any switch failure? -- mike c
