Bug#594149: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Lid switch correct
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:10:48AM -0400, deb.9.eeeeeee@xoxy.net wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:58 AM, Ben Hutchings - ben@decadent.org.uk wrote:
>
> > Did any earlier kernel version handle the lid switch correctly?
> > Can you test the package of Linux 2.6.35 in experimental?
>
> The first kernel I installed on this netbook was 2.6.32-18 and it had the
> same problem. I was looking forward to -20 since -19 has a "Add
> samsung-laptop driver" (x86) in the changelog.
That driver currently only handles the wifi switch and backlight control.
I believe lid switches are handled by generic ACPI support code, but there
may be something strange about the way this laptop signals lid switch
events, which would require a 'quirk' there.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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