[Intel-gfx] i915 closing laptop lid kills LVDS until reboot

[Saikat Guha]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Fu Michael <michael_fu at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> there is a tool called 'intel-lid' from zhenyu in xf86-video-intel repo,
> would you pls run that and send out the output?

I ran the tool (while logged in over the network) and closed and
opened the lid twice. As expected the screen blanked out after the
first close-open cycle. The output is below.

[saikat at seshat reg_dumper]$ sudo ./intel_lid
----------------------------- SG: LID was open ----------------------------
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
----------------------------- SG: LID was closed ----------------------------
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : close
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : close
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : close
----------------------------- SG: LID was opened ----------------------------
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
----------------------------- SG: LID was closed ----------------------------
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : close
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : close
----------------------------- SG: LID was opened ----------------------------
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
Intel LVDS Lid status:
        SWF14(0xc0000000) : open
        ACPI Lid state : open
^C


cheers,
-- 
Saikat