diff -ur old/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.c new/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.c
--- old/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.c	2009-07-20 06:35:40.000000000 +0400
+++ new/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.c	2009-10-07 22:46:22.000000000 +0400
@@ -73,6 +73,26 @@
 }
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void delete_connection(int fd)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	close(fd);
+
+	/* remove from the fd set */
+	FD_CLR(fd, &allfds);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nconnections; ++i) {
+		/* if the file descriptors match, delete the connection */
+		if (connection_list[i].fd == fd) {
+			--nconnections;
+			connection_list[i] = connection_list[nconnections];
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 struct connection *
 find_connection(int fd)
diff -ur old/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.h new/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.h
--- old/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.h	2009-04-29 18:37:13.000000000 +0400
+++ new/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/connection_list.h	2009-10-07 21:59:35.000000000 +0400
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 /* add a connection to the list */
 extern void add_connection(struct connection *p);
 
+/* delete a connection from the list */
+extern void delete_connection(int fd);
+
 /* find a connection in the list by file descriptor */
 extern struct connection *find_connection(int fd);
 
diff -ur old/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/input_layer.c new/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/input_layer.c
--- old/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/input_layer.c	2009-07-20 02:31:49.000000000 +0400
+++ new/acpid-1.0.10-netlink4/input_layer.c	2009-10-07 21:58:00.000000000 +0400
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@
 		/* if it's a signal, bail */
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			return;
-		
+		if (errno == ENODEV) {
+			acpid_log(LOG_WARNING, "input device has been disconnected\n");
+			delete_connection(fd);
+			return;
+		}
 		acpid_log(LOG_ERR, "input layer read error: %s (%d)\n",
 			strerror(errno), errno);
 		if (++nerrs >= ACPID_MAX_ERRS) {