--- src/gpm-manager.c.orig	2010-06-18 11:06:39.599001817 +0200
+++ src/gpm-manager.c	2010-06-18 11:11:39.106991148 +0200
@@ -1852,6 +1852,7 @@
 	DBusGConnection *connection;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	guint version;
+	gboolean lid_closed;
 
 	manager->priv = GPM_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE (manager);
 	connection = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &error);
@@ -1914,6 +1915,10 @@
 		      NULL);
 
 	manager->priv->button = gpm_button_new ();
+	g_object_get (manager->priv->client,
+		      "lid-is-closed", &lid_closed,
+		      NULL);
+	gpm_button_set_lid_closed (manager->priv->button, lid_closed);
 	g_signal_connect (manager->priv->button, "button-pressed",
 			  G_CALLBACK (gpm_manager_button_pressed_cb), manager);
 
--- src/gpm-button.c.orig	2010-06-18 11:06:49.999019235 +0200
+++ src/gpm-button.c	2010-06-18 11:13:25.915065450 +0200
@@ -266,6 +266,19 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * gpm_button_set_lid_closed:
+ **/
+void
+gpm_button_set_lid_closed (GpmButton *button, gboolean lid_is_closed)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (GPM_IS_BUTTON (button), FALSE);
+
+	g_object_set (button->priv->client,
+		      "lid-is-closed", &lid_is_closed,
+		      NULL);
+}
+
+/**
  * gpm_button_reset_time:
  *
  * We have to refresh the event time on resume to handle duplicate buttons
--- src/gpm-button.h.orig	2010-06-18 11:13:34.638992269 +0200
+++ src/gpm-button.h	2010-06-18 11:14:12.490990644 +0200
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 GType		 gpm_button_get_type		(void);
 GpmButton	*gpm_button_new			(void);
 gboolean	 gpm_button_is_lid_closed	(GpmButton *button);
+void		 gpm_button_set_lid_closed	(GpmButton *button, gboolean lid_is_closed);
 gboolean	 gpm_button_reset_time		(GpmButton *button);
 
 G_END_DECLS