Sony SZ650N/C Lid event not firing

[Danny Kukawka]

On Montag, 27. Oktober 2008, Ned Boddie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as of the latest update, my lid event is now event4.
>
> When I issue:
>
> evtest /dev/input/event4
>
> I get:
>
> Input driver version is 1.0.0
> Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x0 product 0x5 version 0x0
> Input device name: "Lid Switch"
> Supported events:
>   Event type 0 (Sync)
>   Event type 5 (?)
>     Event code 0 (?)
> Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
>
> and then closing and opening the lid yields nothing.

Then please report it to your distribution or the kernel 
mailinglist/bugtracker, it's clearly a kernel bug.

Danny