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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/233920 Title: Sleep on lid close work only 1 time Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager Under Hardy. I'v set gnome-power-manager to go to sleep when lid is closed. First time i close the LID, notebook go to sleep and wake up on open lid. After that, nothing happen if i close again the LID. I can put notebook on sleep with the red power button (on right top menu) After that, closing LID working again, just one time ;) the second time nothing append again. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/233920/+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
