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I would like different behaviors on lid closing depending on AC is plugged (do nothing) or not (suspend). My laptop is a DELL Latitude under 64-bit Ubuntu 17.10. What I already tried:

  • Using GNOME Tweaks. It works well to define the overall lid behavior, but it does not change with AC/battery status.
  • Using dconf shows some interesting settings (lid-close-ac-action and lid-close-battery-action), but they are always overriden by the above discussed GNOME Tweaks settings.
  • Manually editing (as root) /etc/systemd/logind.conf and commenting/uncommenting/changing the values of HandleLidSwitch, HandleLidSwitchDocked and LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited seem to have no effect whatsoever.
  • Choosing X or (default) Wayland does not seem to change anything either.

So what can I do? These settings used to work on previous Ubuntu versions, and forgetting to suspend while on battery leads to a fast drain of the battery within 24-48 hours...

Thanks in advance,

dessert
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Emmanuel Marcq
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OK, this is a known issue apparently, and a working patch (at least for me) can be found here:

Emmanuel Marcq
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