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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:37:05 +0000i3 exits when closing laptop lidhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/I've updated from Xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 and I would get random i3 crushes with lightlocker. After disabling lightlocker, I noticed that i3 would exit cleanly every time I closed the lid, with the following message: i3: No usable outputs available I've never seen this before, any clues as to what it might be ? Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:10:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/Comment by Bogos for I've updated from Xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 and I would get random i3 crushes with lightlocker. After disabling lightlocker, I noticed that i3 would exit cleanly every time I closed the lid, with the following message: i3: No usable outputs available I've never seen this before, any clues as to what it might be ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?comment=4369#comment-4369I only have directory called `/etc/acpi/events`, not `/etc/acpi/event`. There is no file that mentions a lid, the only (somewhat) relevant file I can see is lenovo-undockThu, 31 Jul 2014 21:27:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?comment=4369#comment-4369Comment by Adaephon for I've updated from Xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 and I would get random i3 crushes with lightlocker. After disabling lightlocker, I noticed that i3 would exit cleanly every time I closed the lid, with the following message: i3: No usable outputs available I've never seen this before, any clues as to what it might be ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?comment=4364#comment-4364It seems that closing the lid turns off not only the backlight but the whole display. Is there any file in `/etc/acpi/event` that has *lid* in its name or mentions *lid* in it on your laptop?Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:45:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?comment=4364#comment-4364Answer by sia for I've updated from Xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 and I would get random i3 crushes with lightlocker. After disabling lightlocker, I noticed that i3 would exit cleanly every time I closed the lid, with the following message: i3: No usable outputs available I've never seen this before, any clues as to what it might be ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?answer=5624#post-id-5624I've had this issue also; Everything was fine with Xubuntu 13, the upgrade to 14.04 causes i3 to crash each time the lid is closed. This is on a thinkpad R500. no mention of lid it /etc/acpi/events, although acpi_listen *Does* register the lid opening and closing. My presumption is that normally closing the lid would send a SIGSTOP much akin to what was alluded to in issue #1489 and #926. I'd like to see what /etc/acpi/events/lid would look like normally, and what scripts it callsTue, 17 Mar 2015 01:37:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?answer=5624#post-id-5624Answer by Bogos for I've updated from Xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 and I would get random i3 crushes with lightlocker. After disabling lightlocker, I noticed that i3 would exit cleanly every time I closed the lid, with the following message: i3: No usable outputs available I've never seen this before, any clues as to what it might be ? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?answer=4368#post-id-4368I only have directory called `/etc/acpi/events`, not `/etc/acpi/event`. There is no file that mentions a lid, the only (somewhat) relevant file I can see is lenovo-undockThu, 31 Jul 2014 21:23:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4357/i3-exits-when-closing-laptop-lid/?answer=4368#post-id-4368