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.
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