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After changing a config setting to make my (partitioned Macbook Pro) laptop do nothing when the lid is closed ('HandleLidSwitch=ignore'), but now, when I open my laptop again, nothing is shown except the wallpaper and my mouse cursor.

It seems I can still open apps by pressing the "command" key on my laptop and then searching for apps and pressing enter, and a new terminal window will appear, but no sidebar is showing, nor are the icons on my desktop.

Any fixes for this?

jethr0
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  • Do you know exactly what is the _config setting_ you made? If you can access a terminal run `journalctl -p err` Copy here the parts you may found relevant. – Pablo Bianchi Jul 20 '20 at 04:33
  • @PabloBianchi I edited the "/etc/systemd/logind.conf" file. I uncommented the HandleLidSwitch= option and changed "suspend" to "ignore" – jethr0 Jul 20 '20 at 04:35
  • What if you undo those changes? Take a look to [this question](https://askubuntu.com/q/1059705/349837) – Pablo Bianchi Jul 20 '20 at 05:01

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FIXED!!!

Turns out the problem was that Ubuntu thought I had 2 displays connected, when in reality I had one. When I would open the laptop, it would display the interface and sidebar and all that on the "main monitor", which wasn't my laptop screen.

To fix this I simply restarted my computer and then removed the second display

jethr0
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