Since my upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10 there's no option in the settings about what to do when the notebook-lid is closed any more.
Before this function had the options "do nothing" and "suspend" and maybe "shutdown".
The "do nothing" function did something: when the lid was closed, the display went dark and the screen was locked with the password.
My question is how to change the setting so that it's like I'm used to, so that the screen just locks but doesn't suspend when closing the lid.
Install Tweaks (gnome-tweak-tool) by running
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Launch Tweaks, go to the "Power" section and disable suspend on lid-close.
Undo the above steps before following this. Also, SAVE ALL YOUR WORK, the second command would require you to reboot.
Add the lines below in /etc/systemd/logind.conf
[Login]
HandleLidSwitch=lock
Run
sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind
In Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome desktop, there is no option in the Settings utility for configuring the laptop lid close actions. And Gnome Tweaks only offers a switch to enable / disable the "Suspend when laptop lid is closed" option.
For those who want it to shut down automatically, hibernate, or do nothing when the laptop lid is closed, here’s how to do it by hacking the configuration file:
Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for “Terminal” from start menu. When it opens, run the following command:
sudo gedit /etc/systemd/logind.conf
When the files opens, uncomment the line #HandleLidSwitch=suspend by removing # in the beginning, and change the value to :
HandleLidSwitch=poweroff: shutdown / power off when lid is closed.HandleLidSwitch=hibernate: hibernate when lid is closed (need to test
if hibernate works).HandleLidSwitch=ignore: do nothing.HandleLidSwitch=suspend: suspend laptop when lid is closed.Save the file and finally restart the Systemd service to apply changes via command:
systemctl restart systemd-logind.service
You could install dconf-editor to change what happens when lid is closed.
sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
go to org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power in dconf-editor. you can change the value of lid-close-ac-action and lid-close-battery-action for changing the action when lid closed.The possible values are 'suspend','hibernate','logout','shutdown','nothing'.
Via CLI would be:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action suspend
