[Bug 185674] New: Closing laptop lid while shutting down/rebooting does not work as intended

[Ryan]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185674

           Summary: Closing laptop lid while shutting down/rebooting does
                    not work as intended
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 4.2.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: ryan.xgamer99 at gmail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Hello, 

This is my first bug report, so bear with me. =)

When you shut down your laptop, do you usually shut the lid right after the
confirmation, expecting it to continue shutting down? I do. I use my laptop a
lot in college, and after class I usually shut down and close the lid
immediately to start storing hte laptop in my bag and head off to my next
class. 

However, if you close the lid after you confirm shutdown, KDE initiates the
action that have have set for when you close the laptop lid regardless of the
fact that you're shutting down/restarting/whatever. This has caused some weird
issues for me. At times, it's just annoying: it will put the laptop to sleep,
and upon waking up it would start the shutdown process (which makes me wait
longer to get to a usable desktop). Other times it's aggravating: it will start
the shutdown process, go to sleep, and then hang on waking up. One time was
catastrophic: I closed the lid while shutting down, and I think that caused
some of my system setting files to become currupt -- KDE was unusable, and I
had to wipe my home directory and allow KDE to start from scratch. On the other
hand, sometimes it works as expected -- the computer shuts down regardless of
laptop lid status.

My idea: I think it would be best to add in some functionality to the shutdown
options. For example, when choosing to turn off or restart the computer, one of
the first things it should do is disable the laptop lid from acting the way it
normally would. Kind of like how some programs (package manager/cd burning)
suspend the computer from sleeping so that their job can finish without any
errors. That would take the lid out of the picture so that whatever you do with
it doesn't interfere with the shutdown process.

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