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igorthinks

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From: Aveiro, Portugal

Registered: 2008-09-18

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Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

Hello! After the recent xorg-server update one of the problems I got was that when I close the lid of my laptop (it is configured to turn off the screen) the system just freezes and the screen never turns on again... I try to change TTY, press ctrl-alt-bkspc, even press 1 time the poweroff button (that usually shuts down the system gently) but nothing happens. Anyone with the same problem?

Mystal

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From: fancy glass enclosure

Registered: 2007-04-27

Posts: 13

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

Yup, I have the same issue here. Not really sure how to fix it yet.

Shapeshifter

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 230

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

I don't have this problem, but I noticed a few new events in /var/log/messages.log like

Dec  9 12:38:28 Tachychineta logger: ACPI group/action undefined: video / LCD
Dec  9 13:44:45 Tachychineta logger: ACPI group/action undefined: video / VID

Maybe your problem is related to these new events. Or maybe I am completely wrong.

fr0w

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Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 2

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

Guess I'm experiencing the same problem,  I tried to post it here but I wasn't successful.

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

I also have similar problem, and I've also seen something similar coming up on the ML:
http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-gen … 02900.html
Seems to be dpms blanking issue.

delor

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-02-02

Posts: 62

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Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

Same here.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58105

Last edited by delor (2008-12-10 06:50:07)

Mystal

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From: fancy glass enclosure

Registered: 2007-04-27

Posts: 13

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

Interestingly enough, on a fresh boot, Xorg runs in tty8, instead of running in the usual tty7. It also takes very long to come up after the boot sequence. Could it be that it's crashing and then running another instance immediately after?

Anybody else have something similar?

Last edited by Mystal (2008-12-21 16:54:17)

Tigertailz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 89

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

same problem here, just happens sometimes tho. The computer doesnt come on again after suspend to ram

John Karahalis

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Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 17

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

Similar problem here. Everything seems to freeze, but Ctrl + Alt + Backspace kills X and returns me to GDM. Anybody find a solution to this?

John Karahalis

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Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 17

Re: Laptop lid closed freezes the system after xorg update

I was able to fix my problem by installing acpid and messing around with the gconf settings in apps > gnome-power-manager > lock. YMMV.

Last edited by John Karahalis (2009-03-06 23:35:41)