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

[Joel Rees]

FWIW –

2021年10月8日(金) 6:44 Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com>:

> 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).
>

Many notebook PCs are note constructed to properly dissipate heat with
their lids closed. Recommend some caution.

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