suspend when lid is closed doesn't work if two monitors are connected

[Enrique]

 By default, when the lid is closed the laptop goes in suspend mode, and that works fine. However, when I connect a second monitor to the VGA port the laptop is no longer suspended. Actually, the external monitor is switched off, and when the lid is open again, the monitor will be on again. And the strangest thing is that the windows that were placed in the laptop screen will appear in the external monitor after the lid is open! But in all this process the laptop didn't actually suspend.

 The /var/log/pm-suspend.log file doesn't show anything. I attach the messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log that appear between lid closing and opening again.
 The video card is Sandybridge Mobile.

 I am running Linux Mint 13, Cinnamon 64-bit edition.

[Gernot Hummer (gernot-hummer)]

I'm having the same trouble on a Lenovo Thinkpad T-61 connected to a Samsung TV. As soon as I close the lid, the external screen goes black, when you open it back up, the windows from the laptop screen appear on the external screen. I am on Linux Mint 14.1.

[Nuno Alves (alves-nj)]

Same problem here with asus N71J.

I'm on Linux Mint 15 cinnamon.

[Yigal L (yigal-l)]

Also having this issue with Linux Mint 17.1 cinnamon, on HP ProBook 4530s (intel integrated graphics)

[Peter C (6c-ubuntuone)]

I have the same problem running Linux Mint 17.1 cinnamon on an ASUS X83V laptop with an integrated nvidia geforce 9300m graphics card.

[Enrique (enrique-garcia)]

 It looks like some years later this bug is still present in LMDE 2. The interesting thing is that if one presses the power button, the dialog will show the suspend option and that one works fine. I guess it shouldn't be so difficult to get the same behavior when the lid gets closed..

[Astronaut (kalmykov-petro)]

I have the same bug. I using Archlinux and Cinnamon 2.6.13 as DE. When I close my laptop, he does not go in suspend, and ative display become additional display that is connected in DVI port.

[marcin (marcin-milewski)]

I have the same problem - Linux mint 17.3 Cinnamon, Thinkpad t500, Mobility Radeon HD 3650. Second display is connected to DVI port.