[kwlug disc.] acpi / apm laptop hardware issue

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Do you see a /var/log/acpid file? This is kubuntu 7.04 so should
be similar to plain ubuntu in that regard.

Here is what I get in that log on a recent laptop, where the backlight
does go off on closing.

On closing the lid:
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:21 2007] notifying client 5321[0:0]
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:21 2007] executing action "/etc/acpi/lid.sh"
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:21 2007] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:21 2007] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:21 2007] action exited with status 1
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:21 2007] completed event "button/lid LID 00000080
00000003"

Opening the lid again
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] received event "button/lid LID 00000080 00000004"
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] notifying client 5157[106:110]
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] notifying client 5321[0:0]
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] executing action "/etc/acpi/lid.sh"
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] action exited with status 1
[Sun Aug 26 23:05:24 2007] completed event "button/lid LID 00000080
00000004"


On 8/26/07, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
>
> I've been asked to take care of a problem with an older laptop.  It's
> a Dell Inspiron 1100 running Ubuntu 7.04 and the backlight does not
> switch off with the lid closes.
>
> I'm not familiar with running around poking at hardware issues.  So
> I've hit a few google things and randomly smashed the keyboard.
> Oddly, the symptoms still exist.
>
> dmesg claims that ACPI is okay
> ACPI: Interpreter enabled
> and that the lid switch is found
> ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
>
> lshal -m is told to monitor device states, but does not see the lid
> switch activate.  It does see things like the AC connector
> disconnecting.  Backlight brightness changes from the keyboard show up
> here nicely.
>
> acpitool -e lists lots of acpi stuff including
> LID        3         * ENABLED
>
> What should I try / check next, without resorting to a hammer?
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