Exiting sway puts computer to sleep if laptop lid is closed

[Davester47]

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• Sway Version:
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I used the latest git.
sway version 1.8-dev-76232927 (Nov 16 2022, branch 'master')

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https://gist.github.com/Davester47/33e6ba6e5bd189592d764530c8b12c27

These messages also appeared in the tty after closing sway.

[ 6344.785452] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Failed to write source OUI
[ 6347.886252] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Failed to write source OUI

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I used the default.

• Description:
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I noticed this issue because I use an external monitor and keep my laptop closed most of the time. Exiting sway with the lid closed puts the computer to sleep, but it exits to the tty like normal if the lid is open.

1. Start sway
2. Close laptop lid
3. Press start+shift+e to pull up the exit menu
4. Exit
5. Computer goes to sleep

After waking it from sleep, the computer goes to the tty like normal except for the error messages from dmesg I included above.

[emersion]

This is probably systemd's doing.

[Davester47]

Not sure if this helps or not, but exiting other wayland desktops like Plasma don't put the computer to sleep, they just go back to the tty.

[smlx]

I think @emersion is correct: this is controlled in /etc/systemd/logind.conf. I suspect you can get whatever behaviour you need by setting HandleLidSwitch= to the desired value. Probably ignore.

I also see this behaviour but consider it a feature because why would I not want my laptop to suspend if its only input and display are inaccessible due to laptop being closed?

[emersion]

Maybe related: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/issues/3497

[Davester47]

I think @emersion is correct: this is controlled in /etc/systemd/logind.conf. I suspect you can get whatever behaviour you need by setting HandleLidSwitch= to the desired value. Probably ignore.

Thanks, setting it to ignore fixed my issue. It is still a little annoying though that KDE didn't need this to keep from going to sleep.

I also see this behaviour but consider it a feature because why would I not want my laptop to suspend if its only input and display are inaccessible due to laptop being closed?

I guess I forgot to mention this in the initial post, but I keep my laptop lid closed all the time, and I have it hooked up to an external keyboard, monitor, and mouse. It has other inputs, which was why this was frustrating.

[emersion]

Closing, please follow the wlroots issue linked above if you're interested in not turning outputs off on exit.