It seems that the behaviour desired by this bug is the default in Ubuntu 13.10.
Note too that there are people lobbying to be able to sleep on lid-close only when no monitor is connected as well! See http://askubuntu.com/q/362337/17164 When I move to my desk, I close the laptop and use a nice large monitor. There does not seem to be an option to avoid sleeping on lid close when an external monitor is connected any more. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951790 Title: Laptop does not suspend on lid close when external display is connected Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I've configured my laptop to suspend when the lid is closed (in gnome- control-center's Power panel). It works ok as long as there is no external display connected. However when I connect my external LCD, laptop IS NOT suspended (external display is turned off though). I've done some research and found out that problem is in gnome- settings-daemon package: There is code in gsd-power-manager.c in do_lid_closed_action function which checks whether there are any active external outputs and if it finds any, it prevents suspending. I believe that in this case we should honor what's set in gnome-control- center and suspend. Patch which removes this logic is attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.3.91-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0/libpower.so] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 10 21:21:00 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120309) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/951790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
