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klenwell
Asked: 2012-03-03 20:43:41 +0800 CST

How can I close the lid on my HP Pavilion g7 running Ubuntu 11.10 without crashing it?

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If I close the lid on my computer while it's running, it goes into sleep (hibernation?) mode. When I open back it up, the screen wakes up for a moment, then goes black. The computer is unresponsive and I must hard boot o avoid.

I've tried the following solutions. Neither worked:

  1. Edit xorg.conf

  2. Replace gnomescreensaver with xscreensaver

I'm not sure if this is related, but I had issues with the videocard on the laptop during install which I described here:

https://askubuntu.com/a/105792/46766

If you know of a reasonable solution, please share it with a short explanation indicating why you believe it will be effective.

Thanks in advance.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    First, start by going to the power cog in the upper-right hand corner of the screen and clicking 'System Settings".

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    You will see a screen like the following:

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    Click "Power", then change what happens when you close the lid to something other then "Hibernate".

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    Hope that helps!

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  2. Had problems finding the "power cog" so I entered in the search field, "power" and then selected "change what power options do," then selected "nothing" for "closing the lid."

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