shutdown on lid?

[justthisguyyouknow at nigge.rs]

from xfce4-power-manager on Xfce 4.16 (Xubuntu 21.10):



On 4/1/22 23:02, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 12:08 PM ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Fedora 35
>>> Xfce 4.16
>>>
>>> I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
>>> How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
>>> he closes the lid?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> -T
>
> On 4/1/22 21:25, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > These settings should be in the xfce4 Power Manager settings app.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Mark
> >
>
> You would think.  But they are not.
>
> Apparently, Xfce uses
>      /etc/systemd/logind.conf
>      HandleLidSwitch=suspend
>
> which you have to configure manually, but I
> do not know the proper settings.
>
> So far I only have it blanking out the monitor
> when the lid closes, but it does not recover
> when reopened, although the mouse and keybaord
> works when I open the lid.  I have to <ctrl><alt><f2>
> and do a reboot
>
> I have not tried:
>
>    xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p 
> /xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-lid-switch -s false
>
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