How to disable auto suspend when laptop lid is closed in Fedora 18/17

I don’t prefer my laptop to switch to suspend state when my laptop lid is closed. So I found an easy way to disable suspend when lid is close.

Here is how is it done:

Open Terminal type in the command below (as root)

sudo gedit /etc/systemd/logind.conf

Now the logind.conf file will open in Gedit text editor
set the variable “HandleLidSwitch” to “ignore”, as in the example below:

[Login] 
#NAutoVTs=6 
#ReserveVT=6 
#KillUserProcesses=no 
#KillOnlyUsers= 
#KillExcludeUsers=root 
#Controllers= 
#ResetControllers=cpu 
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5 
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff 
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend 
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no 
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no 
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no 
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes

Example below

[Login] 
#NAutoVTs=6 
#ReserveVT=6 
#KillUserProcesses=no 
#KillOnlyUsers= 
#KillExcludeUsers=root 
#Controllers= 
#ResetControllers=cpu 
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5 
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff 
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend 
#HandleHibernateKey=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no 
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no 
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no 
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes

Now reboot

With this change, reboot your system and feel free to close your laptop lid that it will no longer go to sleep. Now you are done!

Enjoy!