If you’re using a laptop with an external monitor and you’ve recently installed Solus OS you might have noticed that the laptop goes to sleep when you close the lid and there is no way to adjust for this in the power settings. You can get around this by manually editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf, then uncommenting and changing the line:

#HandleLidSwitch=suspend

to

HandleLidSwitch=ignore

Note: The ‘#’ (comment) at the beginning of the line needs to be removed and the value needs to be changed from suspend to ignore.