On 03/02/2017 09:08 AM, david wrote: > Folks > > I have a laptop which i am using temporarily as a test server. > It is permanently plugged in. It is running Centos 6, command > line only. In the past, I could close the lid, thereby turning > off the display, but not turning off the machine. It remained > running indefinitely. a laptop makes a nice 24/7/365 server. using 'extend battery pack' or 'oem' pack? > A recent update (this past week) changed that behavior. Now, > when I close the lid, the laptop turns itself off within an hour. you need a battery manager/monitor program to set up lid switch. or use a 'script' to switch. any settings in bios config? > A google search talks about tools like "upower" and apcitool, > but a "yum search" does not locate them. yum knows where to 'look for what' in directory /etc/yum.repos.d have a look at: http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/ then read: http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq > Is there a way to revert back to the previous behavior? get a battery manager, do not 'roll back'. questions:: make/model? oem manual? -- The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 -- KDE 4.3.4 Firefox 45.7.0 -- Thunderbird 45.6.0 GNUCash 2.4.15 -- zoneminder 1.30.0 peace out. tc,hago. g . =+= Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+= in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=