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  1. Bug #34389
  2. Comment #30

Comment 30 for bug 34389

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sudarsha (sudarsha) wrote : Re: Lid state is incorrect on Dell Inspiron 700m

I can also confirm this bug is still present with 2.6.27-7-generic kernel in Ubuntu 8.10 on my Toshiba A100. I did the following steps to test:

1) Go to "System->Preferences->Power Management" and set "Do Nothing" for the "When laptop lid is closed" setting on AC Power and on Battery power.

2) Open a terminal window and type the following to monitor the lid state:

      while true
      do
          cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state
          sleep 1
      done

3) Close and open the lid to see the state changes fine when machine does not suspend.

4) Reset the power management settings to suspend on lid close and the problem of the lid state being reported as closed when waking from suspension is back.

When I close the lid the second time the system will not suspend since the lid state is reported as closed. But upon opening the lid after closing it the second time the lid state is correctly reported as open. So, the machine will suspend properly on every second closing of the lid. I am surprised this is not fixed for this long. Are we reporting this problem to the wrong place?