Close Lid Action

Preventing the laptop from suspending when closing the lid.

When closing the lid of a laptop which will suspend in order to save power. We can prevent the laptop from suspending when closing the lid by changing the setting for that behavior.

Configuring the lid switch

1. Open the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file for editing.

2. Find the HandleLidSwitch=suspend and HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend lines in the file.
   If it is quoted out with the # character at the start, unquote it.
   If the lines are not present in the file, add it.

3. Replace the default suspend parameter with

   • lock for the screen to lock;
   • ignore for nothing to happen;
   • poweroff for the laptop to switch off.

   For example:

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   [Login] HandleLidSwitch=ignore <---- Set both of these HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore <---- to ignore lid events.

4. Save your changes and close the editor.

5. Run the following command so that your changes preserve the next restart of the system:

   1	# systemctl restart systemd-logind.service

For more information on the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file, see the logind.conf(5) man page.