The problem is that laptop go to suspend during boot because lid is closed. The behavior is actually highly depends on the hardware you use. It works for me with Lenovo Thinkpad P52 + Lenovo Thinkpad Thunderbolt 3 Gen2 dock station.
Here is my full logind.conf: #NAutoVTs=6 #ReserveVT=6 #KillUserProcesses=no #KillOnlyUsers= #KillExcludeUsers=root #InhibitDelayMaxSec=5 #HandlePowerKey=poweroff #HandleSuspendKey=suspend #HandleHibernateKey=hibernate HandleLidSwitch=lock HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=lock HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore #PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no #SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no #HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no #LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes #HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s #IdleAction=ignore #IdleActionSec=30min #RuntimeDirectorySize=10% #RemoveIPC=yes #InhibitorsMax=8192 #SessionsMax=8192 Here is the ways i found to deal with that: 1) Play with logind.conf params (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/logind.conf.html - manual for configuration) 2) Use gnome-tweaks to disable suspend on lid closed (it actually creates ~/.config/autostart/ignore-lid-switch-tweak.desktop to achieve this) - does nothing for me 3) There is an option (which i use in combination with logind.conf) in Lenovo BIOS to use external docked monitor as main screen during boot - check if there is similar option in your BIOS. Please, let us know if you will find a solution for your hardware -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841826 Title: Going to sleep instead of logging in while lid closed & external display Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have the above described problem, which seems to be very similar to bug #1716160 - laptop is in docking station and 2 monitors are connected (HDMI, DVI) - If the lid is closed and I boot the laptop I can input my credentials in the login screen and after hitting ENTER the laptop goes to sleep - If I then press the power button of the docking station the laptop wakes up and goes straight to the ubuntu environment w/o any user identification The device is a Lenovo T420 with classic docking station. Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Internal graphics Intel integrated grafics and dedicated Nvidia Quadro NVS 4200M with propriety driver 390.116. Behavior independent of the graphics used. I do not know what to do now since the latest state of bug #1716160 is "fix released" and so I guess it should be part of the ubuntu version I use? Thank you very much. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1-generic 5.0.18 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 28 20:10:15 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'app-picker-view' b'uint32 1' b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' redacted by apport b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'show-battery-percentage' b'true' b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-13 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1841826/+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
