[Bug 1574120] Re: Notebook doesn't suspend when lid is closed after update to 16.04

[Josh Hill]

I'm experiencing this issue after upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 on a
Thinkpad T460p.

I have set the following in /etc/systemd/logind.conf and restarted
systemd-logind.service (which logged me out of my session)

HandleSuspendKey=suspend
HandleHibernateKey=suspend
HandleLidSwitch=suspend
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend

journalctl shows "systemd-logind[20403]: Lid closed." when I close the
lid, but it does not take any action other than my external monitor
shutting off briefly before turning back on. pm-utils is installed.
There's nothing else in the system logs related to suspend, and the
power light on the laptop lid does not start pulsing like it used to do
when it began to suspend. So the lid closed event is not triggering it
to attempt to suspend, despite the correct logind configuration.

My laptop is in a docking station and also has an external monitor
connected.

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Title:
  Notebook doesn't suspend when lid is closed after update to 16.04

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  My notebook does not suspend after upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04.

  According to system settings the notebook should suspend when lid is
  closed but actually this does not happen. Instead it continues to run
  as if nothing had happened.

  With the previous versions of ubuntu (14.04-15.10) everything worked
  fine.

  My System: HP Pavilion dv7.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: acpi (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Apr 23 23:11:15 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-29 (176 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  SourcePackage: acpi
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (1 days ago)

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