This behaviour is still occurring on my laptop - Sony Vaio BZ12XN running Lucid (I386).
After booting the laptop: er...@vaiopro:~$ cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state state: closed er...@vaiopro:~$ er...@vaiopro:~$ lshal -u /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_5 udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_5' button.has_state = true (bool) button.state.value = false (bool) button.type = 'lid' (string) info.addons.singleton = {'hald-addon-input'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.switch', 'button'} (string list) info.category = 'input' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string) info.product = 'Lid Switch' (string) info.subsystem = 'input' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_5' (string) input.device = '/dev/input/event1' (string) input.product = 'Lid Switch' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event1' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1/event1' (string) er...@vaiopro:~$ ** Attachment added: "lspci -vv" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52199676/lspci_vv.txt -- cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state returns closed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78163 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs