[arch-general] sleep + lid events + kde => new problem

[mike cloaked]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Genes MailLists <lists at sapience.com> wrote:
>
>  Using fully updated testing repo - starting 'recently' - I notice that lid
> close no longer sleeps my laptop.
>
>  Kde power is configured to sleep on lid close. If i click the menu and
> choose sleep manually - it sleeps fine - and subsequently wakes fine on
> lid-open.
>
>  I can confirm with this little shell loop (left running and then close lid
> and reopen) that acpi shows lid is indeed closed:
>
> while [[ 1 == 1 ]]
>> do
>> cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/state
>> sleep 1
>> done
> state:      open
> state:      open
> state:      open
> state:      open
> state:      closed
> state:      closed
> state:      closed
> state:      closed
> state:      open
> state:      open
>
>
>  So, it -seems- as if lid-event is not being passed along for some reason to
> the (kde) power management - or not being listened to.
>
>  I have not yet switched to systemd - and I'm not sure which process is
> responsible for such events.
>
>  It still happens with 3.5.4 kernel if that makes any difference.
>
>  It is a W520 lenovo laptop.
>
>  Anyone else notice similar - or can offer suggestions?
>
>  Thanks.

Does running acpi_listen and closing then reopening the lid gives an
indication that the lid open/close is being seen - just to check if
there is any switch failure?


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mike c