Closing lid of laptop hibernates the computer

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com> wrote:
>>>> When I close the lid of my laptop, the computer seems to hibernate.
>>>> How to avoid the hibernation? I am using XFCE on F15.
>>>
>>> >From xfce4-power-manager you can choose what you want to do when you
>>> close the lid. For example you can say, lock the screen when on AC
>>> power but go to sleep when on battery and so on.
>>
>> Thanks, Suvayu. I have meanwhile installed xfce4-power-manager, but
>> without success. In truth, my laptop sleeps or hibernates even when I
>> select "Do nothing" when the lid closes (both for AC and Battery) in
>> xfce4-power-manager. Any further ideas?
>
> Have a look at the BIOS settings of the laptop.  What's in there may
> override what Fedora's trying to do.  If the BIOS says "hibernate when
> lid is closed", then that'll override whatever Fedora says because
> Fedora won't see the lid close.

Thanks, Rick, for your reply. Gnome-power-manager and
xfce4-power-manager were running simultaneously! After
having removed gnome-power-manager, the reported problem became fixed.

Paul