This still happens on a Dell Latitude E6430 with docking station and two external DVI monitors running Linux Mint 19 (based on Ubuntu Bionic)
ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.3 amd64 system and service manager ii systemd-sysv 237-3ubuntu10.3 amd64 system and service manager - SysV links Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Started Disk Manager. Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface. Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Started Stop ureadahead data collection 45s after completed startup. Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Starting Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes... Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 NetworkManager[1312]: <info> [1539718429.0768] manager: sleep: sleep requested (sleeping: no enabled: yes) Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 NetworkManager[1312]: <info> [1539718429.0769] device (wlp3s0): state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'sleeping', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 NetworkManager[1312]: <info> [1539718429.0774] manager: NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Reached target Sleep. Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Starting Suspend... Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd[1]: Started Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes. Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 systemd-sleep[2197]: Suspending system... Oct 17 08:33:49 l1 kernel: [ 30.151723] PM: suspend entry (deep) ...but did NOT happen with the previous version of Linux Mint 18 (based on Ubuntu Xenial). ii systemd 229-4ubuntu21.2 amd64 system and service manager ii systemd-shim 9-1bzr4ubuntu1 amd64 shim for systemd ii systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu21.2 amd64 system and service manager - SysV links -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450009 Title: [HP, Dell notebooks] suspends on closed lid, does not recognized external monitors/dock To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1450009/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs