I installed Leap 15.1, gnome desktop, on my laptop over the weekend. I have gone into the power options, and there does not seem to be an entry to choose what to do when I close the laptop cover. There is an entry for what happens when I press the power button, though.
When I do close the cover, the laptop sleeps. What I would like the laptop to do is to hibernate.
Is there a way to change this behavior so that the laptop will hibernate when I close the cover?
Thanks.
Checking on my laptop, I see such an option for KDE. But I do not see one for Gnome. Perhaps there are settings for this with dconf-editor (I didn’t check).
Check the ‘#HandleLidSwitch=’ configuration /etc/systemd/logind.conf, and adjust to suit your needs. It may need to be uncommented first.
For example
HandleLidSwitch=hibernate
For more info, read ‘man logind.conf’, and as explained below be aware that graphical desktop environments may employ ‘low-level inhibitor locks’ that will override the behaviour configured in the /etc/systemd/lognd.conf file.
HandlePowerKey=, HandleSuspendKey=, HandleHibernateKey=, HandleLidSwitch=, HandleLidSwitchDocked=
Controls how logind shall handle the system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger actions such as system
power-off or suspend. Can be one of “ignore”, “poweroff”, “reboot”, “halt”, “kexec”, “suspend”, “hibernate”,
“hybrid-sleep”, and “lock”. If “ignore”, logind will never handle these keys. If “lock”, all running sessions will be
screen-locked; otherwise, the specified action will be taken in the respective event. Only input devices with the
“power-switch” udev tag will be watched for key/lid switch events. HandlePowerKey= defaults to “poweroff”.
HandleSuspendKey= and HandleLidSwitch= default to “suspend”. HandleLidSwitchDocked= defaults to “ignore”.
HandleHibernateKey= defaults to “hibernate”. If the system is inserted in a docking station, or if more than one display is
connected, the action specified by HandleLidSwitchDocked= occurs; otherwise the HandleLidSwitch= action occurs.
A different application may disable logind's handling of system power and sleep keys and the lid switch by taking a low-level inhibitor lock ("handle-power-key", "handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key", "handle-lid-switch"). This is most commonly used by graphical desktop environments to take over suspend and hibernation handling, and to use their own configuration mechanisms. If a low-level inhibitor lock is taken, logind will not take any action when that key or switch is triggered and the Handle*= settings are irrelevant.
Check the ‘#HandleLidSwitch=’ configuration /etc/systemd/logind.conf, and adjust to suit your needs. It may need to be uncommented first.
For example
HandleLidSwitch=suspend
For more info, read ‘man logind.conf’, and as explained below be aware that graphical desktop environments may employ ‘low-level inhibitor locks’ that will override the behaviour configured in the /etc/systemd/lognd.conf file.
HandlePowerKey=, HandleSuspendKey=, HandleHibernateKey=, HandleLidSwitch=, HandleLidSwitchDocked=
Controls how logind shall handle the system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger actions such as system
power-off or suspend. Can be one of “ignore”, “poweroff”, “reboot”, “halt”, “kexec”, “suspend”, “hibernate”,
“hybrid-sleep”, and “lock”. If “ignore”, logind will never handle these keys. If “lock”, all running sessions will be
screen-locked; otherwise, the specified action will be taken in the respective event. Only input devices with the
“power-switch” udev tag will be watched for key/lid switch events. HandlePowerKey= defaults to “poweroff”.
HandleSuspendKey= and HandleLidSwitch= default to “suspend”. HandleLidSwitchDocked= defaults to “ignore”.
HandleHibernateKey= defaults to “hibernate”. If the system is inserted in a docking station, or if more than one display is
connected, the action specified by HandleLidSwitchDocked= occurs; otherwise the HandleLidSwitch= action occurs.
A different application may disable logind's handling of system power and sleep keys and the lid switch by taking a low-level inhibitor lock ("handle-power-key", "handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key", "handle-lid-switch"). This is most commonly used by graphical desktop environments to take over suspend and hibernation handling, and to use their own configuration mechanisms. If a low-level inhibitor lock is taken, logind will not take any action when that key or switch is triggered and the Handle*= settings are irrelevant.