Hey i had the same probleme when i closed my laptop lid and moved the mouse the screen came back so i used the code in Andrew Oakley post and workt here is my lid.sh
and the code if your not registered: #!/bin/bash # TODO: Change the above to /bin/sh test -f /usr/share/acpi-support/state-funcs || exit 0 . /usr/share/acpi-support/power-funcs . /usr/share/acpi-support/policy-funcs . /etc/default/acpi-support export XAUTHORITY=`ls -1 /home/*/.Xauthority` export DISPLAY=:0 grep -q closed /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/state if [ $? = 0 ] then xrandr --output LVDS --off else xrandr --output LVDS --auto if [ $? = 1 ] then xrandr --output LVDS --on fi fi i hope this will help! ** Attachment added: "lid.sh" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22938572/lid.sh -- 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 Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs