Public bug reported: As the title suggests, the external monitor shuts off when laptop lid closes. I believe the laptop goes into suspend mode. The correct behaviour would be to disable the suspend function when an external monitor is connected.
I further observed that the correct behaviour happens on a fresh login and this persists after login. However, if I unplug the external monitor and close the laptop lid, then reopen the lid and replug the monitor, the problem starts again-- the external monitor shuts off when laptop lid is closed. The problem is fixed when I log out and re-login. However, if I repeat the above, the problem starts again. Very frustrating indeed! I am using ubuntu 17.10 desktop. Please note that this bug has been fixed upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=788915 Are there any chances that this fix will make it through to ubuntu updates in near future? ** Affects: mutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738815 Title: external monitor shuts off when laptop lid is closed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1738815/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
