"switch off display" when lid closed doesn't work in XFCE

[frakn]

Hello,

I’d like to close the laptop and use an external display with HDMI.
I choose the option “Switch off display” at “When laptop lid is closed” in the “Xfce Power Manager”.
The laptop is then in suspend/hibernate mode.
It’s not a hardware problem, because it works fine with KDE.

[jrichard326]

Try this:

Power Settings for laptop with external monitor:

etc/systemd/logind.conf

Uncomment the following:

LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
HandleLidSwitch=ignore

Then restart computer

[frakn]

Thanks for the quick help. But it didn’t work.

[dagorret]

I use XFCE.

At the time I was using Arch Linux and in this post I found the solution: Laptop lid close "do nothing" / Laptop Issues / Arch Linux Forums

Now my Lenovo has it in the BIOS of the lid closing behavior.

[maycne.sonahoz]

Have you checked the solutions in similar threads?
https://forum.manjaro.org/search?q=xfce%20lid%20monitor

[frakn]

Strange:
I followed this:

Laptop lid clopsed means external monitor goes black screen

postcd, Uncomment line in file /etc/UPower/UPower.conf IgnoreLid=true And you could disable built-in laptop display in Display settings near selectbox with display name. Or make external default one. That’s need in case when some prompt window appears, like prompt for entering password in Firefox etc.

And changed ‘IgnoreLid’ from ‘false’ to ‘true’. After a restart: HDMI didn’t work at all!
I unchanged it then (made it ‘false’ again) but still: HDMI doesn’t work at all.
I also tested another HDMI cable.
I don’t know what happen.

[jrichard326]

Did you restart the service?
“Note that you have to then restart this service: sudo systemctl restart upower.service”

[frakn]

No I didn’t I just restarted the laptop. .
But now I’ve installed Manjaro KDE because I had also some other issues.
So maybe closing this thread is appropriate.

Thanks for all the answers.