Need help configuring Hyprland to turn off display instead of hibernating when closing laptop lid

[st-hh]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to Hyprland and seeking some assistance with configuring it on my laptop. I'm trying to set it up so that when I close the laptop lid, the display turns off instead of the laptop going into sleep/hibernation mode since it's connected to external display.

I've tried followed the instructions on the Hyprland Wiki here: link, specifically:

1. Added the following commands to my Hyprland configuration file:

bindl=,switch:off:Lid Switch,exec,hyprctl keyword monitor "eDP-1, preferred, auto, auto"
bindl=,switch:on:Lid Switch,exec,hyprctl keyword monitor "eDP-1, disable"

2. Modified the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file by uncommenting the HandleLidSwitch line and changing its value to ignore:

HandleLidSwitch=ignore

3. Restarted the systemd service:

sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind

Despite these changes, the laptop still goes into hibernation mode when I close the lid.

Could anyone please help me figure out what I might be doing wrong or suggest alternative configurations to achieve this?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Swarnim114]

it wasnt working on my system too
i just binded a new bind to lock the screen then making it sleep
bind = $mainMod+Shift,Q , exec, bash -c "swaylock && systemctl suspend" # lock screen and then suspend
maybe this is what you need

[kayaefe]

Hey, were you able to come up with a solution to this problem?
I have taken the same steps with no luck.

[theblack-don]

@st-hh Did you ever get this one figured out? I am also having trouble accomplishing this

[reddcarp]

I used the following line in my hyprland config:

bindl = , switch:on:Lid Switch, exec, hyprctl dispatch dpms off
bindl = , switch:off:Lid Switch, exec, hyprctl dispatch dpms on

Note: This affects all displays connected

I would suggest looking at the comment here which explains what the monitor disable instruction actually do (as I believe it isn't what is desired in the use case described above).

Look here for an explanation of what DPMS is: https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Battery-Powered/displaytypes.html

[harshv5094]

In my case, I'm using it with hyprlock.

bindl=,switch:on:Lid Switch, exec, hyprctl dispatch dpms off && hyprctl dispatch exec hyprlock
bindl=,switch:off:Lid Switch, exec, hyprctl dispatch dpms on

[msmafra]

Probably already solved

In my case, on Fedora, there is no logind.conf file in any of the locations, nor I a template to uncomment lines, so I created one the folder /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d and put a file named 60-logind-lid-switch.conf inside with:

[Login]
HandleLidSwitch=suspend
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore

With those lines my laptop only disables the monitor instead of suspending it when plugged in or docked (I don't have a away to test this one), but will suspend if on battery. If you want to for all the sittuations, change HandleLidSwitch to "ignore" too.
On Fedora there is another step that make it work, needed because of SELinux, before reloading or restarting the service.

doas restorecon -F -R /etc/systemd
doas systemctl reload systemd-logind.service

After testing with restart and reload, reload worked well with no session problems since restart would cause problems on my system, making me have to reboot it to make the new configuration work.

I took the info from here
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-server-40-issue-preventing-suspend-on-lid-close/119185/2