Sony SZ650N/C Lid event not firing

[Danny Kukawka]

On Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008, Ned Boddie wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've got Ubuntu Hardy, with the 2.6.24-9 kernel.
>
> The lid open close event is not firing, i.e. it never shows up when
> doing an acpi_listen and closing and opening the lid.
>
> I'm wondering if it's a HAL item, so I've done the steps recommended by
> the Debugging HAL wiki page, and attached them here for review.
>
> These logs show the system booting, me logging in, waiting for
> everything to stabilize, then closing the lid and waiting 5 secs, then
> opening the lid.
>
> Obviously, this works in Windows for comparison.
>
> Is this a HAL issue or should I go elsewhere?

No there is no HAL issue.

The lid event is no longer going through the acpi layer, but through the input 
layer. You have the correct device listed in HAL. If you start 'lshal -m' you 
should be able to see the event if you close the lid.

Danny