[kde-linux] Re: Laptop lid actions

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
<bss at iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> On 2011-03-21 12:03:20 Mark Knecht wrote:
>>   I've acquired a new laptop which as of last night is running KDE
>>nicely. One thing I'd like to change is for KDE to take _no_ action
>>when I close the lid. Currently it locks the screen and requires a
>>password to get going again.
>>
>>   Does KDE have a way to control this or is it something that's
>>occurring outside of KDE?
>
> It could be something happening outside of KDE, but you should probably check
> your KDE settings first.
>
> Open "System Settings".  Click the "Advanced" tab.  Click "Power Management"
> under "Advanced User Settings".  Click "General Settings".  Look under
> "Profile Assignment" and record / remember the active profiles.  Click "Edit
> Profiles".  For each of those active profiles, click it's name and then look
> at the setting for "When laptop lid closed".  Adjust that setting to your
> liking, sounds like you want "Do Nothing".  If you change the setting, click
> "Apply" before going to the next profile.
>
> Hopefully, that resolves your issue.  If not, it is likely some other daemon
> that is taking this action when the lid close ACPI event fires.
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Thanks. That got it. I changed the performance settings (i.e. - not on
battery, AC working) to do nothing when the lid is closed and it's
perfect now.

I appreciate the help.

Cheers,
Mark