#8137 HIGH Not Tri: Backlight does not turn off when the lid is closed and the laptop suspended automatically

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#8137: Backlight does not turn off when the lid is closed and the laptop suspended
automatically
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   Reporter:  benzea  |       Owner:  cjb          
       Type:  defect  |      Status:  new          
   Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Not Triaged  
  Component:  kernel  |     Version:  not specified
 Resolution:          |    Keywords:  relnote      
Next_action:  design  |    Verified:  0            
  Blockedby:          |    Blocking:               
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Comment(by pgf):

 of course, what we ''really'' want is for the backlight to always turn off
 when we close the lid.  i don't know if this suggests a simpler solution
 or not.  e.g., could the kernel always "wake" on lid-close, but only wake
 up "enough" to turn off the screen?  (i don't know if we have the ability
 to wake up only a little bit -- i'm picturing waking and going back to
 sleep all from within the interrupt handler.  not possible, perhaps.)

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