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itsme1

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 27

Laptop lid help

Well, I just got arch completely set up on my laptop with LXDE. Now when I close the lid of my laptop, and re-open it the screen stays off. How do I fix this problem?

I tried pushing all the keys, and I pushed the power button also. The only way I know to get it back on is to hold the power key down till it forces the computer off then turn it back on. :\

karabaja4

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,000

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Re: Laptop lid help

try installing acpid daemon:

pacman -S acpid
then add acpid to your daemons list in your rc.conf.

itsme1

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 27

Re: Laptop lid help

I did what you said, and it didn't work.
Thanks for trying though!!!:D

itsme1

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 27

Re: Laptop lid help

thanks! I'll try that. I have a dell inspiron 1200.

liquidsunshine

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Registered: 2008-07-30

Posts: 7

Re: Laptop lid help

This fixes the problem for me inside of X (gnome, Dell Inspiron D620).  However, the problem persists outside of X.  During boot or in a terminal outside of X, if I close the lid, the screen stays off. 

Once X comes up (from me blindly giving a command to start it) X functions correctly, but if I switch back to the terminal, it's still off.  Any idea as to what the difference could be or how to fix it?