Fedora 23 will not boot if laptop lid closed

[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.

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