* Saphirus Sage (saphirus497@gmail.com) [12.03.09 00:53]:
> I've been trying to setup my laptop to enter ACPI S3 (suspend to ram)
> when I close the lid. I currently have the scripts setup as such:
> /etc/acpi/events/lid
>     event=button[ /]lid.*
>     action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh

Looks normal.

> /etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh
>     #!/bin/bash
Maybe a 
      sleep 1 
will help with your issue (or more secs...)
>     for i in $(cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state | grep -o closed); do
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               This only has elements when the lid is closed, so the do 
               block will only be exexuted, if the lid is closed.
>         if [ $i = "closed" ]; then
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          Therefor this is totally pointless, because we only come to 
          this point if the lid is closed and thus $i is always == "closed"
>         /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
>         fi
>         if [ $i != "closed" ]; then
>         sleep 5
>         fi
This whole block will never ever be reached, so you can easily erase it.

>     done

> The issue I've run into is that this will cause my laptop to suspend to
> the RAM upon any change in the lid state, irregardless of if it is open
> or closed. I tried to be more specific by utilizing the suffix of the
> event, but it's incremental, which is a bit beyond my abilities. Any
> suggestions to make this suspend only when the lid is closed?
> 

You should test if your Desktop Environment does the suspending for you. 
Then you have to tweak there, to get the behaviour you want.

HTH 
Sebastian

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