There seems to be a way to avoid laptop lid freeze. I'm using Lubuntu 14.04 and it utilises Xfce power manager. When it is used to monitor power events, lid close always freezes the laptop. However, when you install acpi-support the freeze no longer happens but the screen remains on when the lid is closed. If you just want to power off your screen when closed, go to Xfce power manager settings and choose 'nothing' in the 'when laptop lid is closed' field. If you want your laptop to suspend when the lid is closed, you need to exit Xfce power manager to let acpi-support handle the event. So the key seems to be to install acpi-support to avoid freeze. Good luck and please post what power manager you are using. This bug seems to be related to Xfce power manager rather than xserver-xorg-video-intel
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254131 Title: Lubuntu 13.10 lid close freeze Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: I have a Dell latitude d505 laptop running Lubuntu 13.10. When I close the lid, the screen becomes blank and the mouse cursor freezes and can't be moved. The backlight is still on but the system is completely unresponsive. I can't even ssh into the laptop to shut it down properly but have to pull the plug. When I go to suspend from the logout menu, it suspends fine and I can close the lid and when I lift it it wakes properly. I tried changing the options in xfce-power-manager to disable suspend but to no avail. I also tried editing the /etc/systemd/logind.conf but nothing worked. Whenever the lid is closed system hangs. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Nov 22 19:55:36 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2007-01-11 (2507 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2007-01-11 (2507 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Tags: saucy Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo --- ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2) Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1254131/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
