Ubuntu 16.04.2 w/lenovo w540 laptop in dock immediately sleeps after login

Thinking about it after posting this message I will try to just use only the "HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore" as this is really the only time when I'd want the laptop NOT to sleep when the lid is closed.

If it is UN-docked then the default of suspending when the LID closes would make sense.

In either case this probably should be a bug that gets the default condition right for a docked laptop when the lid gets closed.

Well I tested using ONLY -
"HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore"

and leaving
"HandleLidSwitch=ignore" commented out and the failure is back.. the laptop
goes to sleep as soon as I click on anything after logging in.

So I guess my original statement stands. BOTH of those lines need to be set to IGNORE
for the system to work properly when Docked WITH the LID closed.

brian

If you use Zesty in live CD / USB desktop, is it OK?
You may want to try the latest kernel to see if it helps with compatibility.

I just created a bootable usb with 16.10 on it.

booted from the USB

booted normally and got the screen with 'try ubuntu" or "install ubuntu"

I clicked "try ubuntu"... as soon as I did that the laptop goes to sleep (suspends).

However, unlike 16.04 i can press the power button to unsuspend it and after doing that everything operates normally.

On 16.04, if I hit the power button (w the lid closed) to unsuspend... it unsuspends but the first click I do on the screen it goes back into to suspend mode

The only workaround on 16.04 that I've found are:
a) leave the laptop lid open (which is nuts if its docked & I have an external monitor).
b) change those 2 settings in /etc/systemd/logind/conf to "ignore"
    HandleLidSwitch=ignore
    HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore

Actually ... this very same systemd .conf file just solved a MINT guy's
problem. his was a bit different in that when he closed his Laptop LID his
MINT machine would not suspend/hybernate but would spin his Fan
continuously until his battery went dead.

See this thread... NOTE he is on Debian (upstream frm Ubuntu as you know)

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/5xm5ci/sometimes_when_i_close_my_lid_my_laptop_will_not/?st=izyee6jk&sh=f5d721db

NOTE: the MINT guy was NOT on a docking station attached to an external
Monitor like I was. He was just a traditional laptop user.

Do you Dev's think this might all be related to the high battery drain on
laptops by Debian/Ubuntu etc based machines that have been reported over
the past year or so ???

Just thought I'd ask. Because if Ubuntu/Debian/whatever has been ignoring
laptop LID closures or reacting inappropriately then I could see that
draining battery like happened to the MINT guy.

FYI... his problem was solved by changing /etc/systemd/

Also, should "my case" be filed as a BUG and if so against what
Package/system ?

Brian

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 2:33 PM, brian mullan <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #524949 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/524949
>
> brian mullan posted a new comment:
> I just created a bootable usb with 16.10 on it.
>
> booted from the USB
>
> booted normally and got the screen with 'try ubuntu" or "install ubuntu"
>
> I clicked "try ubuntu"... as soon as I did that the laptop goes to sleep
> (suspends).
>
> However, unlike 16.04 i can press the power button to unsuspend it and
> after doing that everything operates normally.
>
> On 16.04, if I hit the power button (w the lid closed) to unsuspend...
> it unsuspends but the first click I do on the screen it goes back into
> to suspend mode
>
> The only workaround on 16.04 that I've found are:
> a) leave the laptop lid open (which is nuts if its docked & I have an
> external monitor).
> b) change those 2 settings in /etc/systemd/logind/conf to "ignore"
> HandleLidSwitch=ignore
> HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

I'd say Xorg