On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Rick Stevens <ri...@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 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
