It's not by design. Please give me the output of gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power | grep lid
** Package changed: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings- daemon (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948844 Title: Closing laptop lid does not suspend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/948844/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs