I'll test the scaling issue again, as I'm now unable to replicate the same scenario I had last week when opening this report.
To focus on the suspend issue, I would echo the case that was made to me: when it comes to what many users will define as expected behavior they're going to be looking at Windows and macOS as well. On Windows the default behavior for lid close is to put the laptop into suspend, even if it is connected to external displays. This behavior has to be manually overridden. Similarly, on macOS the default behavior on lid close is also to enter suspend as well. The one notable change is that for a brief window of time, keyboard and mouse movements will wake the laptop on the connected displays. All of that said, I think if we just exposed that setting in the GUI somewhere as you mentioned, that would be a perfect compromise. Unfortunately in my case changing that setting has not changed the behavior I'm seeing. I still get the behavior of the internal display shutting off but the laptop remaining active. This is happening with the laptop directly connected via on-board HDMI as well, so my assumption that it was DisplayLink related may be a red herring. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2075983 Title: Strange behaviors with external displays over Displaylink Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Release: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS gnome-shell: Installed: 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.1 Expected behavior (As seen on Windows/macOS): * When plugging in external displays, they should be able to scale independently of the internal display * When external displays are active through a display link dock, closing the laptop lid should invoke suspend The above behavior would match the behavior seen when displays are connected directly to the laptop. Actual behavior: * External displays connected through a DisplayLink dock are forced to the same scaling ratio * Closing the laptop lid when external displays are connected through a display link dock results in the internal display turning off but no sleep behavior * This happens regardless of config changes with dconf, upower, or logind This is primarily a usability issue for laptops with limited ports for IO and extremely high resolution internal panels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2075983/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
