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  1. Bug #114595
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 114595

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E Thornton (ewthornton) wrote :

Same problem with 7.10 on Dell inspiron 4000. The screen initially blanks for about 1 second, then activates again. If the lid is closed while at the login screen, nothing happens.

I'm sure this feature worked under 7.04. I confirmed the above that /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state correctly shows if the lid is open or closed. I've also confirmed that acpi is receiving the lid open/close.

@ubuntu:~$ acpi_listen
button/lid LID 00000080 00000003
video VID 00000080 00000000
button/lid LID 00000080 00000004
video VID 00000080 00000000

Furthermore, running the command below, causes the screen to blank correctly, and stay blanked until mouse or keyboard brings video back.

@ubuntu:/etc/acpi$ /etc/acpi/screenblank.sh

I've tried everything I know to fix this. It's most definitely broken beyond my capabilities.