** Description changed: + [ Description ] + With the NVIDIA driver, nvidia-384, the system will not sleep when the lid is closed due to gnome_rr_output_is_builtin_display incorrectly - returning false. I have linked to an upstream bug, which also has - patches fixing the issue. + returning false. + + [ Fix ] + + mutter provides a more reliable API to get the "type" of a connector + (output). The fix switches gnome-desktop to use this API instead of + looking at the output's name - which can be anything apparently. + + [ QA ] + + If you have an affected system - an NVIDIA-using laptop which doesn't + sleep if the lid is closed: install the update, and check if the laptop + does now sleep. + + [ Regression potential ] + + Changes the heuristic-based scheme for detecting if a display is "built- + in" to a method based on the reported connector type. There's a low + chance that this could be wrong for some machines which were right + previously.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731318 Title: NVIDIA systems will not suspend with lid close and no external monitors Status in gnome-desktop: Confirmed Status in gnome-desktop3 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in gnome-desktop3 source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in gnome-desktop3 source package in Disco: In Progress Bug description: [ Description ] With the NVIDIA driver, nvidia-384, the system will not sleep when the lid is closed due to gnome_rr_output_is_builtin_display incorrectly returning false. [ Fix ] mutter provides a more reliable API to get the "type" of a connector (output). The fix switches gnome-desktop to use this API instead of looking at the output's name - which can be anything apparently. [ QA ] If you have an affected system - an NVIDIA-using laptop which doesn't sleep if the lid is closed: install the update, and check if the laptop does now sleep. [ Regression potential ] Changes the heuristic-based scheme for detecting if a display is "built-in" to a method based on the reported connector type. There's a low chance that this could be wrong for some machines which were right previously. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-desktop/+bug/1731318/+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
