diff -r -u xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_driver.c radeon/xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_driver.c
--- xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_driver.c	2007-12-20 23:21:32.000000000 +0100
+++ radeon/xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_driver.c	2008-01-15 22:52:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 #ifdef USE_EXA
     { OPTION_ACCEL_DFS,      "AccelDFS",         OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
 #endif
+#ifdef __linux__
+	{ OPTION_CHECKLID,		"CheckLID",			OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE},
+#endif
 #endif
     { OPTION_DDC_MODE,       "DDCMode",          OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
     { OPTION_IGNORE_EDID,    "IgnoreEDID",       OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE },
diff -r -u xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon.h radeon/xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon.h
--- xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon.h	2007-12-20 23:21:32.000000000 +0100
+++ radeon/xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon.h	2008-01-15 22:56:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
     OPTION_ACCEL_DFS,
 #endif
 #endif
+#ifdef __linux__
+	OPTION_CHECKLID,
+#endif
     OPTION_DDC_MODE,
     OPTION_IGNORE_EDID,
     OPTION_DISP_PRIORITY,
diff -r -u xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_output.c radeon/xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_output.c
--- xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_output.c	2007-12-20 23:21:32.000000000 +0100
+++ radeon/xf86-video-ati-6.7.197/src/radeon_output.c	2008-01-15 23:28:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -693,24 +693,29 @@
     RADEONMonitorType MonType = MT_NONE;
 #ifdef __linux__
     char lidline[50];  /* 50 should be sufficient for our purposes */
-    FILE *f = fopen ("/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state", "r");
-
-    if (f != NULL) {
-	while (fgets(lidline, sizeof lidline, f)) {
-	    if (!strncmp(lidline, "state:", strlen ("state:"))) {
-		if (strstr(lidline, "open")) {
-		    fclose(f);
-		    ErrorF("proc lid open\n");
-		    return MT_LCD;
-		}
-		else if (strstr(lidline, "closed")) {
-		    fclose(f);
-		    ErrorF("proc lid closed\n");
-		    return MT_NONE;
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-	fclose(f);
+    
+    if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(info->Options, OPTION_CHECKLID, FALSE)) {
+	FILE *f = fopen ("/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state", "r");
+	
+    	if (f != NULL) {
+			ErrorF("Reading LID Status\n");
+			while (fgets(lidline, sizeof lidline, f)) {
+		    	if (!strncmp(lidline, "state:", strlen ("state:"))) {
+					if (strstr(lidline, "open")) {
+		    			fclose(f);
+		   				ErrorF("proc lid open\n");
+		   	   		return MT_LCD;
+					}
+					else if (strstr(lidline, "closed")) {
+		    			fclose(f);
+		    			ErrorF("proc lid closed\n");
+		   	 		return MT_NONE;
+					}
+	    		}
+			}
+		fclose(f);
+    	}
+    	else ErrorF("Can't Read LID Status\n");
     }
 #endif