Fedora 23 will not boot if laptop lid closed

[Mike Wohlgemuth]

I have an old laptop that I use as a home server, so it sits in the
corner closed most of the time.  Something changed with the last set of
updates I applied so now if I reboot, it suspends in the middle of the
boot process, and will not continue until I open the laptop, at which
point it will continue.  Is anyone else seeing this?  Is there a new
setting somewhere that I can change to get it to boot with the lid
closed?

Thanks
Mike

[Ed Greshko]

On 01/16/16 20:25, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
>  I have an old laptop that I use as a home server, so it sits in the
>  corner closed most of the time.  Something changed with the last set of
>  updates I applied so now if I reboot, it suspends in the middle of the
>  boot process, and will not continue until I open the laptop, at which
>  point it will continue.  Is anyone else seeing this?  Is there a new
>  setting somewhere that I can change to get it to boot with the lid
>  closed? 
Not sure if this will fix it, but worth a try....

Look in the file /etc/systemd/logind.conf and check to make sure that

HandleLidSwitch=ignore

is set.

-- 
In reality, some people should stick to running Windows and others should stay away from
computers altogether.

[Bob Marcan]

On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:38:31 +0800
Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 01/16/16 20:25, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
>  > I have an old laptop that I use as a home server, so it sits in the
>  > corner closed most of the time.  Something changed with the last set of
>  > updates I applied so now if I reboot, it suspends in the middle of the
>  > boot process, and will not continue until I open the laptop, at which
>  > point it will continue.  Is anyone else seeing this?  Is there a new
>  > setting somewhere that I can change to get it to boot with the lid
>  > closed?  
>  
>  Not sure if this will fix it, but worth a try....
>  
>  Look in the file /etc/systemd/logind.conf and check to make sure that
>  
>  HandleLidSwitch=ignore
>  
>  is set.
>   
It works. Thinkpad R52, Fedora 23.

[Mike Wohlgemuth]

On Wed, 2016-01-20 at 09:38 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  
>  
>  Not sure if this will fix it, but worth a try....
>  
>  Look in the file /etc/systemd/logind.conf and check to make sure that
>  
>  HandleLidSwitch=ignore
>  
>  is set.
>   
Thanks!  That seems to have fixed it.  Reading up on the setting, I'm
now wondering why it was working the way I wanted before :/
Woogie