Running Laptop while lid is closed

[Chrisleen]

I am using a Lenovo T60 Laptop as my HDA, and had envisioned running the system with the lid closed.

When the laptop was running Windows, I was able to set the unit up so the laptop lid could be close, but it was still running.

Now that I have Fedora 19, when I close the lid it goes into hibernation mode. I looked through all the settings on the Fedora GUI and I accessed the BIOS mode of the latptop, during POST, but don't see anything that changes this.

Any ideas on how I might achieve this goal, of closing the laptop but having the system still running?

I was able to set it up so the screen goes dark, but for cleaner install, I want the lid closed.

Thanks!

Chrisleen

[bigfoot65]

That is something normally configured by the OS. For example, Windows has settings for what happens when the lid is closed.

You will have to search the internet for guidance.

[Chrisleen]

Here is the Resolution:

For GNOME, this is now handled by systemd in Fedora 18+.

As root, edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf.

As root, from the terminal in Fedora 19, I used namo etc/systemd/logind.conf

You're looking for the definition for HandleLidSwitch, it may be commented out.

For newbies new to Linux, if the Line begins with # it is not read by the system. Its just a "comment". In my install of Fedora 19, this had a # in front of the line which has to be removed.

The default is: HandleLidSwitch=suspend

You can set it to ignore, poweroff, reboot, halt, suspend, hibernate, hybrid-sleep, lock or kexec. Since your laptop screen is broken, you just want to set it to ignore, so add this to /etc/systemd/logind.conf:

HandleLidSwitch=ignore

Remember: Linux is case sensitive, so "Ignore" won't work. It must be "ignore".

Then, run systemctl restart systemd-logind, or simply reboot for it to take effect.

[bigfoot65]

Good write up. Could you add this to the wiki? That is our primary source for documentation.