How to keep laptop running when lid is closed (20.04.3 LTS)

[Robert Heller]

Yes:

In /etc/UPower/UPower.conf set
IgnoreLid=true



At Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:41:58 +0200 bo.berglund at gmail.com, "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> I have an HP EliteBook 8560W which is retired from its original development work
> on Windows and is now running Ubuntu Mate 20.04.3 LTS.
> 
> If I close the lid it goes into sleep mode, which I do not want, because I want
> to have it running and interact with it using SSH and VNC.
> Basically I want it to sit quietly on a shelf and I will deal with it from my
> main PC using PuTTY and VNC only.
> It needs to both start up and stay running with the lid closed and with WiFi
> also active because that is the route of my SSH communications..
> 
> Is it possible to modify any settings somewhere to make this happen?
> Preferably through the command line (SSH).
> 
> 

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