Questions[lid](ubuntu)

My Lenovo P50 laptop used to suspend nicely when I closed the lid on Ubuntu 19.10. After the upgrade this doesn't work anymore. When I execute the command sudo systemctl suspend then the laptop still goes into a very rapid full functional suspend. So something seems to go wrong somewhere in handling the lid close event from acpi.

I'm using gnome-tweak-tools and it has the toggle to suspend on lid close enabled as expected.

I also checked the configuration in /etc/systemd/logind.conf and it seems perfect:

HandleLidSwitch=suspend
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend
LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes

I haven't found anything noticable in the /var/log/syslog.

The workaround I found is the following:

Create a file called /etc/acpi/events/laptop-lid-close with the following content:

event=button/lid LID close
action=/etc/acpi/laptop-lid-close.sh

And create a file /etc/acpi/laptop-lid-close.sh with the following content and gave it execute rights (chmod +x /etc/acpi/laptop-lid-close.sh):

#!/bin/sh

systemctl suspend

Would be better if this workaround would not be necessary ofcourse

Acpi seems to fire off 'lid close' events as it should, otherwise the workaround would not work. Also the suspend itself must be working on my laptop as well for the same reason.

Any clues on how to learn why this doesn't work out of the box?

(¿Could anybody please bounty this? I have been having this issue since march)

As title says; I recently installed Ubuntu Studio 19.10 Eoan (Now upgraded to Ubuntu Studio 20.04 Focal Fossa, still having the same exact issue) on my Toshiba Satellite laptop.

I was using Ubuntu 19.10 regularly since it came out, and it worked fine, but when I switched to Studio this happened.

What happens is that after I close and open the lid and then everything but the mouse is unresponsive.

Edit: Changed settings using this terminal sudo gedit /etc/systemd/logind.conf(had to install gedit, because Ubuntu Studio doesn't have by default somehow); still the same problem. Formatted the laptop and reinstalled Ubuntu Studio 19.10, still no change. Again changed the settings on sudo gedit /etc/systemd/logind.conf to

#HandleLidSwitch=ignore
#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
#HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore

Still no change.

I'm desperate to find a solution.

Also it's a bother to receive only notifications from someone just to tell me that I wrote something wrong instead of giving me any answer to my issue; specially since it's been many days since I've posted this issue.

EDIT 2: XFCE settings are "lock screen" at lid close; but all options give me the same problem.

Googled it, no solution found online gives me an answer or it's meant for regular Ubuntu and are not applicable to Ubuntu Studio.

Edit 3: If I set XFCE to "Presentation mode" I can't even move the mouse after closing or opening the lid; it's not that it won't move, it's that it's gonna be incredibly lagged.

Edit 4: It only happens if I close the lid and in any given time while the lid was closed the laptop runs on battery, or if I close the lid with laptop unplugged. I can still use ctrl+alt+F1, sign in, and use ctrl+alt+F7 and go back to where I was. But otherwise clicking or using the keyboard won't change anything (If a video was paused before closing the lid, the video would start when the lid opens)

Edit 5: Upgraded the system to Ubuntu Studio 20.04, the difference now, is that it happens every time, regardless of the laptop being plugged or not.

This is a really bothersome issue, because I have to go to "ctrl+alt+F1" and reboot the system, because nothing else -that I know of- works; and I have to lose every unsaved work that it's currently open.

I would love for the lid closing behavior to "suspend" for a certain amount of time (1 or 2 hours) and then "hibernate" to save battery. Is there a way to change the settings of "suspend" so that it go into "hibernate" after some time?

Thank you!

I have Ubuntu 16.04 on my Acer Aspire 7750G laptop connected to an external monitor with the built-in screen disabled. I also have an external keyboard and mouse connected to the laptop.

When I suspend the laptop with the laptop lid open I am able to wake the laptop by pressing the external keyboard.

However, if I suspend the laptop while the lid is closed, I am unable to wake it using the external keyboard. The same is true if I suspend the laptop with the lid open and then close the lid. The same is also true if I suspend the laptop with the lid open, close the lid, open the lid and try to wake it.

To summarize: I am unable to wake the laptop using the external keyboard if the lid has been close any time during hibernation. I am therefore unable to have my laptop lid constantly closed.

I've tried enabling all /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb*/power/wakeup

I've tried setting HandleLidSwitch=ignore in /etc/systemd/logind.conf

I've tried setting IgnoreLid=true in /etc/UPower/UPower.conf

How can I wake my laptop while the lid is closed?

EDIT

This might be good to know. Even though I am unable to wake the laptop with the lid closed, something is happening when I press a key on the keyboard. If I, while suspended with the lid closed, press a key on the kayboard, the LEDs on the laptop flash once and I can hear the fans winding up. After about 0.5 sec it stops. If I press a key again, nothing happens. If I then open the lid and wake the laptop by pressing ESC on the built-in keyboard, I can see that there is a stored character in the password field on the login screen. This means that there actually is a connection to the keyboard and that the key press registers while the laptop is suspended with the lid closed, but it does not wake the laptop.

Power Change options in dconf-editor

I want my laptop to do nothing when I close the laptop lid. I found these options in dconf-editor for the laptop to do 'nothing'. However, the laptop still goes to suspended mode after I close the lid.

What did go wrong?