When closing the lid of my laptop nothing happens instead of suspend)

Question

I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad L560. When I close the lid nothing happens. I want the system to suspend. The settings for this are turned on. So when I close my lid and reopen it nothing has happened. I'm not logged out or anything.

Can you help me?

Try to check gsettings -> https://askubuntu.com/a/1059712/790920 — abu_bua, Oct 19 '18 at 13:48
I found the solution myself. I followed these steps: http://tipsonubuntu.com/2018/04/28/change-lid-close-action-ubuntu-18-04-lts/ but I was stupied i tried to edit the file before but I didn't see the "#" for the line to be a comment. After removing the "'#" it works! — oliver, Oct 20 '18 at 19:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '18 at 20:20

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These instructions follows this tips page:

Enable automatic shutdown, hibernate, or do nothing when laptop lid is closed.

Edit the logind.conf file
```
sudo gedit /etc/systemd/logind.conf
```
Uncomment the following line (delete the # character):
```
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend
```
to
```
HandleLidSwitch=suspend 
```
Save the file and finally restart the systemd service:
```
sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind.service
```

answered Oct 20 '18 at 20:20

abu_bua

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Not working on Lenovo T430, sadly – Chaim Eliyah May 16 '19 at 21:18
This works perfect, but unfortunately it does not make distinction between battery/ac-in situation - is there any chance making it suspend when running on battery and doing nothing when ac is plugged in? – pepa.dvorak Jul 01 '20 at 16:29

When closing the lid of my laptop nothing happens instead of suspend)

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