Laptop Lid-dissabling suspend/sleep/hib

[Member dukester]

I want to connect a monitor to my laptop.
I use a wireless keyboard, therefore:
I want the laptop lid closed and out of the way.
Without putting the laptop to sleep/suspend/hibernate.
I can turn the laptop monitor off with a function key.

Where do I change the settings for the laptop sleep/suspend/hibernate events?
TIA …

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dukester

[Moderator caprea]

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This is configured in /etc/default/acpi-support

Afaik the LID_Sleep and LID_SHUTDOWN are already outcommented in antiX by default.

[Member dukester]

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On my system, both applicable settings are /not/ commented out.
Thx! Now I know how .. 🙂

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dukester

[Member dukester]

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Didn’t work!
I logged out first beforehand. No joy! Then I rebooted. No joy!
Must be controlled somewhere else? Plan B?? TIA ..

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dukester

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Did you also try to set LID_SLEEP=false ?

If this also does not help you could try to edit /etc/elogind/logind.conf

Look for the line
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend

delete the # and change it to
HandleLidSwitch=ignore

save and reboot

[Member dukester]

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caprea wrote:

Did you also try to set LID_SLEEP=false ?

Nope! But I will .. and thx for the other possible solution!!

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[Member blur13]

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I’ve had the same issue as you and my solution was to install xfce4-power-manager (its in the repos).

sudo apt install xfce4-power-manager

Open the program and there are options for what closing the lid does, such as “do nothing”

[Member dukester]

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caprea wrote:

try to edit /etc/elogind/logind.conf
HandleLidSwitch=ignore

That did the trick! Muchas Gratias!! 🙂

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dukester

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blur13 wrote:

sudo apt install xfce4-power-manager

Got it fixed, but I’ll install your suggestion as a back-up.
Thanks for the info!

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