Lite 3.8 Blank Screen After Opening Lid

[Moltke]

Thank you.  I appreciate it's unsupported by updates.  Are you suggesting that it is unsupported at all, even in a forum?

Matt

Unfortunately, yes, since Ubuntu 16.04 which is the base for Linux Lite 3.8 reached EOL(end of life)last April https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle this also means end of support from Ubuntu as well as from Linux Lite, and as you probably understand, newer versions takes precedent. That being said, for your issue, you could try and look in power settings, there should be an option to configure what happens when you close the lid. As for the password, in session and start up uncheck where it reads Lock screen before sleep and in power settings uncheck where it reads Lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate or some similar wording.