I've just switched from Win11 to Pop!_OS. The only issue that I have and can't seem to resolve is the behaviour of external monitor with closed lid. I'm running 22.04 LTS Pop!_OS with nVidia GTX 3050. What I've tried so far to make it work:
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Simply closing the lid - external monitor remains on and displays DE, I can move cursor there but the computer remains unresponsive to any keyboard/mouse input.
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Using Single display through Display option in settings with lid open. Same result as in 1. System remains unresponsive to any input, closing and reopening lid allows me to regain control.
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Changes in the configuration file.
I've changed value of following parameters to ignore:
HandleLidSwitch
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower
Then, I tried doing same thing as in 1. and 2. but I got the same negative results.
Is it possible to get the monitor set that I want to work? If not, would other newb friendly distros handle this issue better? Thanks for any advice.
Thanks for the answer. I looked kind of like you described in the first paragraph. Fortunately, the issue resolved itself, probably after system components were updated. Initially I didn't notice that they are updated separately from the system itself