[CentOS] no longer goes to standby when lid is closed

Fri Dec 11 15:57:25 UTC 2015
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 03:42:21PM +0000, Richard wrote:
> 
> 
> > Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 10:29:20 -0500
> > From: Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
> >
> > since I got the big bolus of updates from the CR repo a few days
> > ago my netbook (AcerAspire One D255E) will no longer go to standby
> > when the lid is closed.
> > 
> > This was a Gnome desktopp installation with theh MATE desktop fromm
> > EPEL.
> > 
> > I've verified that the correct setting still exists in power
> > manager but it persists in continuing to run when the lid closes.
> > 
> > it WILL go to standby if explicitly told to do so from the shutdown
> > dialog.
> > 
> > Has anyone else seen anything like this?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> Did you check epel (including -testing) for mate updates too? My
> laptop with current CR and all mate updates (from both epel and
> -testing) still suspends on a lid close. Since mate comes from epel,
> that's where its updates will come from too. Also note that there
> were a bunch of CR releases in the last day or two -- after the
> initial large release.

yeah, as of a little while ago, "yum update" finds nothing to do.
and EPEL is enabled.

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