Re: [arch-general] Weird acpid issue

My laptop has ACPI running to detect, among other things, the lid state, so that it can shut off the screen if it is closed. However, every once in a while, the functionality simply doesn't work -- I close the lid and the computer doesn't respond. Running /etc/rc.d/acpid restart makes it work again, only to fail again in a few days.

Don't laptops do this in hardware? turning off the screen when the lid is closed? (Mine does so). Whyd would you need acpid to control this? -- damjan