Am 25.10.2014 um 23:12 schrieb ~Stack~: > On 10/25/2014 04:01 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: >> On 10/24/2014 10:55 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: >>> Am 24.10.2014 um 17:23 schrieb Michael Biebl: >>>> What do you get if your that program when your lid is closed/opened? >>> >>> The output of >>> $ cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state >>> when lid is closed / open would be helpful as well. >>> >>> If you don't have an external monitor, you can run >>> >>> sleep 30 && cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state >>> >>> and then quickly close your lid. >> >> Greetings, >> >> I ran: >> $(for i in {0..100}; do cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state ; sleep 1; done) >> >> I get "state: open" when the lid is open and "state: closed" when closed. > > Eureka!! I think I have a lead! > > So when I do a fresh reboot and have _not_ closed the lid but run the > code you send and cat'ing the state, it seems to think the lid is > closed. When I close the lid the state remains as a closed lid. When I > open the lid, it finally triggers as being open. > > So now the question is, why does it think my laptop lid is closed on a > fresh boot?
That sounds like either a bug in the firmware or in the kernel. Ben, what's your take on this? Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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