Am 25.10.2014 um 23:12 schrieb ~Stack~:
> On 10/25/2014 04:01 PM, ~Stack~ wrote:
>> On 10/24/2014 10:55 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>> Am 24.10.2014 um 17:23 schrieb Michael Biebl:
>>>> What do you get if your that program when your lid is closed/opened?
>>>
>>> The output of
>>> $ cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state
>>> when lid is closed / open would be helpful as well.
>>>
>>> If you don't have an external monitor, you can run
>>>
>>> sleep 30 && cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state
>>>
>>> and then quickly close your lid.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I ran:
>> $(for i in {0..100}; do cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state ; sleep 1; done)
>>
>> I get "state: open" when the lid is open and "state: closed" when closed.
>
> Eureka!! I think I have a lead!
>
> So when I do a fresh reboot and have _not_ closed the lid but run the
> code you send and cat'ing the state, it seems to think the lid is
> closed. When I close the lid the state remains as a closed lid. When I
> open the lid, it finally triggers as being open.
>
> So now the question is, why does it think my laptop lid is closed on a
> fresh boot?
That sounds like either a bug in the firmware or in the kernel.
Ben, what's your take on this?
Michael
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