Thanks @Daniel for the workaround, it does the trick. Notice however, as I'm not sure I was clear enough, that the lid is already closed when the session begins, it's not an event that happens while the session has began.
Also notice it is a regression regarding the behaviour of Unity 7... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716160 Title: System goes to sleep with lid closed after login Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Using a laptop with lid closed and an external monitor, you can boot. Bios will show on the external monitor, as well as gdm when boot is finished. You can then choose a user and type in your password, which is accepted. But then, system goes to sleep (as the lid is cloesd I guess). Going out of sleep with the power button shows the gnome shell. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1716160/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
