Looks like the kernel *always* reports the lid as closed (/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state). It also happens on an ASUS M6R with vanilla kernels 2.6.16.28 and 2.6.18.1.
However, when closing or opening the lid, two different "button/lid LID" events are reported by acpid. -- hal (through guidance-power-manager) considers laptop lid always closed https://launchpad.net/bugs/66477 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
