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acpid crashes X server on Thinkpad X201t

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https://bbs.archlinux.org – Here is instruction on how to use a udev rule to run a script when one's laptop is plugged/unplugged.  Using it for your purposes would be quite similar.  Of course you would have to figure out what value is changing in /sys when you flip the screen.  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/La … _udev_ruleThat said, here is some info on how to get started writing udev rules.http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.htmlIt is a bit outdated, in that the command is now udevadm.  So to find the necessary parameters to put into your rule, you would do something like$ ud (HowTos)

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Submitted by Tagmego on 10/14/2012

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Did you check the wiki on "Suspend to RAM"?  It looks like there are a few tools there that should work for your needs.https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SuspendAlso, after I switched to Awesome WM and didn't have the built in functionality to shutdown/reboot, I asked the same question and was lead to using Consolekit & dbus.

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karol https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=25522

2012-09-05T13:55:47Z

Please read the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … is_X_in.3F -> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pkgfile

karol https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=25522

2012-10-15T14:09:48Z

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the udev rule proposed on the wiki is, well, crap. you are not supposed to use udev rules to mount devices, there are not meant to be used for complex tasks like this.see also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143023

65kid https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=45818

2012-08-21T13:47:48Z

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karol https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=25522

2012-08-21T01:39:07Z

The file that takes care of uaccess is a udev rule.  It is located at /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-uaccess.rules and is pretty easy to comprehend if you have ever made any kind of attempt at writing a udev rule.  If not, I found this to be very useful http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html although you should be aware the commands mention have now been changed to udevadm.  I