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<h2>Closing laptop lid without suspend</h2>
<h3>2025-07-04</h3>
<h4>Looking into using a laptop as a home server</h4>
<p>Since I've got a fibre connection I've been musing about not paying for a VPS and using a home server instead.</p>
<p>I have an unused laptop that could fit the bill maybe. The advantage of a laptop is that 1) I have one and 2) No need for 
a ups or screen.</p>
<p>I'm not really sure that I'll build a home server like this, but I'm collecting info.</p> 
<p>One of the things I was wondering is how to stop a laptop from entering suspend when the lid is closed. I found a 
comment on unixstackexchange that explains how to do it on a non-systemd installation. (and a systemd one too but who cares about that?)</p>
<p>Find the path of the lid switch:</p>
<code>cat /proc/acpi/wakeup</code>
<p>Find the line for the lid and enter the command to deactivate it, for example:</p>
<code>echo 'PNP0C0D:00' | sudo tee /sys/bus/acpi/drivers/button/unbind</code>
<p>If it works, you can add the above line to /etc/rc.local to make it permanent.</p> 
<p><a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/706471/linux-cli-disable-sleep-when-laptop-lid-closed">Original comment</a></p>
<p>On systemd installations, edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf and uncomment the following line: HandleLidSwitch=ignore.</p>

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