There is conditional in line 634 of /usr/sbin/laptop_mode which throws unnecesary stderr message on systems without hal (lid is handled by acpi anyway): >if [ -x "`which hal-find-by-property`" ] ; then > HAL_LID_BUTTON=$(hal-find-by-property --key "button.type" --string "lid") >fi Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_WHEN_LID_CLOSED="1" in /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf on system without hal 2. Restart laptop-mode 3. Actual Results: which: no hal-find-by-property in (/lib64/rc/sbin:/lib64/rc/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin)
Thank you for your report. However, this bug has to be reported upstream first so they can fix it properly.
Fixed in 1.62