Changing Closing Lid Action
  • shakacshakac
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    Hi All,

    New to LXLE 14  over the weekend and love it. I am running the 64 bit on a Toshiba R705-P35. I am currently using my external monitor and would like to close the lid of my laptop and keep the power on.  (or have it do nothing when I close the lid). How do I do this? 

    I have looked high and low and can't seem to find a fix or this option.

    Thanks in advance for time and kind responses.

  • lxlelxle
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    Power management is handled automatically by tlp.

    http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html
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  • shakacshakac
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    Thanks for the response.

    I reviewed the link and could not find a command to change the close lid action. Can you post the command or let me know if there is some workaround.

  • lxlelxle
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    Might want to take a look in xscreensaver as well and its monitor settings.

    If that doesn't work then

    sudo tlp ac


    should do the trick.
  • shakacshakac
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    Thanks again. But no luck. 

    The terminal command did not work and the xscreensaver does not have this option.

    Any other suggestions?
  • rfry85rfry85
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    sudo apt-get remove tlp

    sudo apt-get install xfce4-power-manager


    It uses more memory but it gives you full control over your laptop power settings. It was included in lxle, at one time.
  • lxlelxle
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    If the laptop lid is shutting off after a predetermined time then it might be xscreensaver settings which also has monitor settings. However rfry85 solution will work, albeit a hatchet to cut cheese.
  • rfry85rfry85
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    I follow you, @lxle. But you just gave me a heck of an Idea to maybe eliminate xfce4-power-manager. If it pans out I'll post it.


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  • shakacshakac
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    Thanks rfry85. Your fixed worked and after spending too many hours on this it's the only solution out there. 

    One thing to note is that a restart is needed after the installation. It will allow you to launch xfce power manager the first time. However, if you just log out and in, you will get a "cannot connection" message if you try to launch the xfce power manager again.
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  • rfry85rfry85
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    Glad It worked. Thanks for posting the restart info, it may help someone else.
  • shakacshakac
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    Hi All,

    I just did a full test and while I can close my lid without the laptop shutting down, I know have the issue of no output to my external monitor.

    I restarted and logged into my Linux Mint and Windows partitions and was able to get a output signal and use my external monitor.

    Any suggestions.

    Is LXLE primarily designed for Desktops?

    Thanks in advance.
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