I have 2018 laptop with i5-8300h and Elementary OS 5. It doesn't suspend on lid close. However if I press button on the screen it suspends normally. I have tried to configure logind.conf but nothing changed. I also read a lot of different answers with the same questions, but nothing has helped.
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More people seem to have the same issue: https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-power/issues/94
For people interesting in how to switch settings via console:
It might be related to an issue in the switchboard app of elementary: https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-power/issues/89
A workaround is explained here: Elementary OS ignoring suspend disable
In your case:
sudo su
su - -s /bin/bash lightdm
#check the values
gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action
gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action
#set values eg. to suspend
dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action suspend
dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action suspend
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Thanks for the reply. But, unfortunately, both commands ( on ac and on battery) show 'suspend' Jan 22, 2019 at 14:21
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Sorry I couldn't be of much help :-/ At least you know that the settings are correct... I found this on github: github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-power/issues/94 You can give a thumb up to show that you are also effected. Maybe you can give some helpful input there!– wirebugJan 22, 2019 at 14:31
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Do you have an external monitor attached during lid closed? Than you might have to set lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor on true...– wirebugJan 22, 2019 at 14:39
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sudo less /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.logto see whether there are any log entries related to what lightdm is thinking when it chooses not to suspend your laptop.