Comment 14 for bug 44393

i did used this command to resolve my issue with the lid and the freeze of my laptop

echo 1 > /proc/acpi/video/*/DOS

this has to be run as root so we need to use:

sudo -s before issuing the command

all this come from the post at

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3793753

anyway, hope this helps aother people using HP compaq 6710B with Hardy AMD64 architecture...

Thanks for your time