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sychu

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Registered: 2009-05-15

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acpi HP6710b lid close bug

Common problem with HP6710b is to froze on lid close.

I found on arch wiki solution for this crap....

echo "1" >  /proc/acpi/video/C098/DOS

I need to place this command on startup.... but where?

During run rc.local  /proc/acpi/video/C098/DOS does not exists

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Re: acpi HP6710b lid close bug

Would surprise me. Does it work when your computer is up and running? Replacing the C098 by an asterisk should do the job too I think, since that value can differ between models. Even better is replacing that value by the one your system uses .

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sychu

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Registered: 2009-05-15

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Re: acpi HP6710b lid close bug

When system is up and running "/proc/acpi/video/C098/DOS" exists.
So i'm looking for best place to run fix command, just after "/proc/acpi/video/C098/DOS" appears.

Malstrond

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Registered: 2009-06-03

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Re: acpi HP6710b lid close bug

I had the same problem with the cpufreq interfaces.
You could try (sleep 5 && echo 1 >  /proc/acpi/video/C098/DOS). This will cause a 5 second pause before the command is executed.

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Re: acpi HP6710b lid close bug

That is quite bizarre. You might want to try adding a timeout before running the command, although I had a 6510b affected by the same problem and I had no problem adding that line to rc.local.

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sychu

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Registered: 2009-05-15

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Re: acpi HP6710b lid close bug

Command with sleep solved problem.
Thanks, a lot!