I now have this problem on an HP Compaq nx7400 having upgraded to 8.10RC. The following is produced whether the lid is open or closed.
cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/*/* type: Lid Switch state: open This is a regression, since the lid switch was properly detected on 8.04. A -- Toshiba Satellite A70 always reports lid as closed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70102 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs