Fedora 23 will not boot if laptop lid closed

Bob Marcan bob.marcan at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 12:50:39 UTC 2016


On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:38:31 +0800
Ed Greshko <ed.greshko at greshko.com> 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.


More information about the users mailing list