A friend of mine recently discovered a small bug on her laptop running Ubuntu 13.10. I suspect it's still there in 14.04 although I haven't been able to test it for myself. (My laptop screen is dead – again) Since I don't know exactly which package to file against, I thought I'd explain it here.
In System Settings, we're able to configure what happens when you close the lid on your laptop, based on whether you're connected to a power source or running on battery. I had configured it so that nothing happens when you close the lid while connected, but that it should suspend when running on battery. However, when you're connected, close the lid and then disconnect the power source, it seems this setting is not checked again. The computer keeps running, draining the battery – and, can of course, be harmful to the harddisk. I would've expected that when you disconnect from the power source while the laptop is running with the lid closed, the setting would be checked and if set to suspend, it would – just as if you had opened the lid, disconnected the power cord and then closed the lid. Can someone with a working laptop check if this is still the case in newer versions? And if so, which package does the bug report belong to? Thanks Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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