This appears to have been fixed in March: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnome-power-manager/trunk/src/gpm- backlight.c?view=diff&r1=1982&r2=1983
You should be seeing events in the log files to signify the different buttons being pressed. Could you please run your GPM in verbose mode and ensure that it's not getting a LID_OPEN button event? Thanks. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager#head- 7d2eb767e44a7231fae6964dcf12bc27fe507c9d ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- closed Laptop Lid to reliably keep Backlight off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41994 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs