I can report the same problem with Intrepid on a Dell Inspiron 640m (E1405). mackkie's fix works. and here's the lshal output $ lshal -m
Start monitoring devicelist: ------------------------------------------------- 08:37:53.780: computer_logicaldev_input_2 property button.state.value = true 08:37:53.789: computer_logicaldev_input_2 condition ButtonPressed = lid 08:37:57.764: computer_logicaldev_input_2 property button.state.value = false 08:37:57.768: computer_logicaldev_input_2 condition ButtonPressed = lid -- closed Laptop Lid to reliably keep Backlight off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41994 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs