Xfce close on lid down?

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

Fedora 35
Xfce 4.16

I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
he closes the lid?

Many thanks,
-T

[Sam Varshavchik]

ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> Hi All,
>
> Fedora 35
> Xfce 4.16
>
> I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> he closes the lid?

My experience is that if it doesn't work out of the box, it will never work.

In Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop Lid" with  
a "When laptop lid is closed" option, you have even odds that it'll actually  
work as advertised.

There's no shutdown option, but there are "Switch off display", "Suspend",  
"Hibernate", and "Lock Screen". Some or all of the above may work, on a  
given laptop.

[ToddAndMargo]

On 4/1/22 15:46, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Fedora 35
> > Xfce 4.16
> >
> > I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> > How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> > he closes the lid?
>
> My experience is that if it doesn't work out of the box, it will never 
> work.
>
> In Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop Lid" 
> with a "When laptop lid is closed" option, you have even odds that it'll 
> actually work as advertised.
>
> There's no shutdown option, but there are "Switch off display", 
> "Suspend", "Hibernate", and "Lock Screen". Some or all of the above may 
> work, on a given laptop.

Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop Lid"

does not appear in Xfce's settings.  Are you sure you were looking at Xfce?

[Sam Varshavchik]

ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> On 4/1/22 15:46, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Fedora 35
> > > Xfce 4.16
> > >
> > > I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> > > How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> > > he closes the lid?
> >
> > My experience is that if it doesn't work out of the box, it will never work.
> >
> > In Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop Lid" with  
> > a "When laptop lid is closed" option, you have even odds that it'll actually  
> > work as advertised.
> >
> > There's no shutdown option, but there are "Switch off display", "Suspend",  
> > "Hibernate", and "Lock Screen". Some or all of the above may work, on a  
> > given laptop.
>
> Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop Lid"
>
> does not appear in Xfce's settings.  Are you sure you were looking at Xfce?

Yes, the "Help" button takes me to https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power- 
manager/4.16/start

So, that answers that. A laptop lid sensor is not detected on this hardware.

[ToddAndMargo]

On 4/2/22 05:48, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> > On 4/1/22 15:46, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > > ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Fedora 35
> > > > Xfce 4.16
> > > >
> > > > I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> > > > How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> > > > he closes the lid?
> > >
> > > My experience is that if it doesn't work out of the box, it will 
> > > never work.
> > >
> > > In Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop 
> > > Lid" with a "When laptop lid is closed" option, you have even odds 
> > > that it'll actually work as advertised.
> > >
> > > There's no shutdown option, but there are "Switch off display", 
> > > "Suspend", "Hibernate", and "Lock Screen". Some or all of the above 
> > > may work, on a given laptop.
> >
> > Settings > Power Manager, the "System" tab: if it has a "Laptop Lid"
> >
> > does not appear in Xfce's settings.  Are you sure you were looking at 
> > Xfce?
>
> Yes, the "Help" button takes me to 
> https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-manager/4.16/start
>
> So, that answers that. A laptop lid sensor is not detected on this 
> hardware.

It did under the original ubooboo installation.  So
it is the installation configuration of Xfce that misses
it.

"Supposedly", the following switch fixes the original mistake:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p 
/xfce4-power-manager/logind-handle-lid-switch -s false

I will give it a try next week when I see the customer again.

[George N. White III]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 15:48, ToddAndMargo via users <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Fedora 35
> Xfce 4.16
>
> I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> he closes the lid?

Power Manager not respecting laptop lid switch / Desktop / Xfce Forums
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12970

[ToddAndMargo]

On 4/2/22 04:40, George N. White III wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 15:48, ToddAndMargo via users 
> <[e-mail] > 
> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Fedora 35
> Xfce 4.16
>
> I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> he closes the lid?
>
>
> Power Manager not respecting laptop lid switch / Desktop / Xfce Forums 
> https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12970

Hi George,

The link look very useful.  I see the customer next week
and will give it a whirl!

Thank you!

-T

[Sam Varshavchik]

ToddAndMargo via users writes:
> On 4/2/22 04:40, George N. White III wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 15:48, ToddAndMargo via users  
> > <[e-mail] > wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Fedora 35
> > Xfce 4.16
> >
> > I have a customer with a shiny new System 76 laptop.
> > How do I configure it to shutdown or suspend when
> > he closes the lid?
> >
> >
> > Power Manager not respecting laptop lid switch / Desktop / Xfce Forums  
> > https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12970
>
> Hi George,
>
> The link look very useful.  I see the customer next week
> and will give it a whirl!
>
> Thank you!

The referenced article is fairly clear: it's the case of the setting  
present, but not being honored.

What you're describing is XFCE not seeing the existence of the laptop's lid,  
at all.