Ubuntu – Advanced power options for lid closing

In Ubuntu 18.04 and newer it much more easier. In systemd is available a new mode suspend-then-hibernate. To start using this function you need to create a file /etc/systemd/sleep.conf with the next content:

[Sleep]
HibernateDelaySec=3600

Then you can test it by command:

sudo systemctl suspend-then-hibernate

you can edit HibernateDelaySec to reduce delay to hibernate.

If all works fine you can change Lid Close Action, to do it you need to edit the file /etc/systemd/logind.conf

You need to find option HandleLidSwitch=, uncomment it and change to HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernate. Then you need to restart systemd-logind service (warning! you user session will be restarted) by the next command:

sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind.service

That's all! Now you can use this nice function.

1. Install pm-utils

   sudo apt-get install pm-utils
   

2. Reboot

Reference: [Solved] Issues with xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0

Discussion resume that: upower is relying on pm-utils to check for suspend/hibernate capability.

The broken link in the reference page should point to related bug report: Debian bug#639754 [upower] upower doesn't verify correctly the "suspend" and "hibernate" capabilities correctly

Not sure about this as upower package has Depends: pm-utils | systemd | systemd-services. I thought they should be alternatives. So may be there is other solution using systemd-services which is installed by default.