Ok there seems to be good feedback on this patch for mainline, so I have
pulled a copy of this patch back to Jaunty to confirm it is the fix for
the issue. I have backported this change (removing the KMS support) and
built some test kernels. If those of you who are affected by this issue
on Jaunt
** Summary changed:
- Closing lid results in kernel panic
+ Closing lid results in apparently hung X (no keyboard or mouse)
** Summary changed:
- Closing lid results in apparently hung X (no keyboard or mouse)
+ Closing lid results in kernel panic visible on VT-1
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Closing lid results in kern