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jones

Member

Registered: 2013-03-14

Posts: 276

How to make laptop suspend if lid is closed and cable pulled?

If my laptop is connected to external power and I close the lid, it locks the screen. So far, so good. However, if I then unplug it from the energy source, it stays on.

Is it possible to make it suspend when I pull out the cable for external power with the lid already closed?

logind.conf:

[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=suspend
#HandleLidSwitch=hibernate
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=lock
HandleLidSwitchDocked=lock
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
#RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
#RemoveIPC=yes
#InhibitorsMax=8192
#SessionsMax=8192

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,702

Re: How to make laptop suspend if lid is closed and cable pulled?

What are using to manage your power?  Systemd?  acpid?

What desktop environment are you using?  Gnome? KDE? i3?

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jones

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Registered: 2013-03-14

Posts: 276

Re: How to make laptop suspend if lid is closed and cable pulled?

I have both systemd and acpid installed, and TLP.
I am using XFCE.

I am using the energy settings within XFCE's options, as well as the options in the op. As far as I can tell, they seem to override/trump XFCE's settings. Or rather, closing the lid with external power did not have the intended effect (i.e. screenlock) until I set "HandleLidSwitchExternalPower" to lock.