Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #41994
  2. Comment #56

Comment 56 for bug 41994

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Sam Bull (dreamsorcerer) wrote :

I have found a gnome-shell extension which adds a menu item to blank the screen.

This seems to work perfectly, perhaps the code used in there can be used when the laptop lid is closed? I don't see why a quick extension can do this better than the main system.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/242/blank-screen/