I can confirm this still happens. On my case, I have a Toshiba L40-18L laptop and cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state reports closed only the first time I close it, the next times it doesn't work (always reports open).
I'm using ubuntu 11.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/233920 Title: Sleep on lid close work only 1 time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/233920/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs