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

[Bo Berglund]

On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 16:38:41 +0900, Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:

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

This notebook was used over a timespan of 8 years as my main work PC, always
docked and with the lid closed, except when I was on business trips.
It was running Windows 7 at the time.

I am now repurposing it as a video downloader box since I found that my main
Ubuntu server has a rather poor CPU with not enough computing power causing
random pauses in the resulting videos.

My Ubuntu server:
AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 220 Processor
2 CPU's

The laptop runs on this:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
8 CPU's

As I have written earlier in this thread the issue is now resolved and the
laptop is in operation, seems to work fine,

Now I need to find replacement hardware for the server...


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden