I have an HP zbook 15 G2 in the advanced dock and am having the same problem of the system suspending on boot wit the lid closed. I tried the PPA but the problem is still there. I've attached the output of the commands you requested above that were taken after the PPA was applied.
cat /tmp/monitors.txt /sys/class/drm/card0/dev:226:0 /sys/class/drm/card0/power/control:auto /sys/class/drm/card0/power/async:disabled /sys/class/drm/card0/power/runtime_enabled:disabled /sys/class/drm/card0/power/runtime_active_kids:0 /sys/class/drm/card0/power/runtime_active_time:0 /sys/class/drm/card0/power/runtime_status:unsupported /sys/class/drm/card0/power/runtime_usage:0 /sys/class/drm/card0/power/runtime_suspended_time:0 /sys/class/drm/card0/uevent:MAJOR=226 /sys/class/drm/card0/uevent:MINOR=0 /sys/class/drm/card0/uevent:DEVNAME=dri/card0 /sys/class/drm/card0/uevent:DEVTYPE=drm_minor /sys/class/drm/version:drm 1.1.0 20060810 ** Attachment added: "journal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1450009/+attachment/4428056/+files/journal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450009 Title: suspends on closed lid, does not recognized external monitors/dock To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1450009/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs