You could edit the /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh script... (i.e. sudo pico /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh) that script gets executed when the lid is closed. If you comment out the line in there that calls suspend2ram.sh (put a '#' at the beginning of the line)

#!/bin/sh
LID_STATE=`cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state | awk '{print $2 }'`

if [ $LID_STATE = "closed" ] ; then
#        /etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh
fi
exit 0

and then

sudo /etc/init.d/acpid restart

It should make it so nothing happens when you close the lid... you can remove the # and then do the restart command again to get it back.

Unlike a normal laptop, this should be innocuous (no magnetic HD to break), but be careful not to run the battery down.

I tried it just now and it works...of course, the speakers are in there, so....

Last edited by mkrishnan (2007-11-13 11:21:13 am)

Thanks a lot! It seems as long as the vent is clear, the heat will get out, been running it for a while closed and the keyboard is still pretty cool! I need to stream some www.di.fm while I read this boring book :p

Will this still allow you to keep working using an external screen/keyboard and mouse?  I'd quite like to be able to (pseudo) dock my eec.  If I do so, are there things I can do to dissipate the heat effectively, other than balancing it on three toilet roll holders?  I was thinking of standing it on baking tray making a stand with a USB fan attached to suck/blow air to the bottom.

I assume the internal screen is still on when you do this because other threads have indicated that in Linux the internal and external screens mimic each other.

LiquidGands wrote:

turn off the main display with Fn and F5
it'll cycle between laptop laptop+external external only

Doh! Of course...

Thanks for that.

As someone who's also new to Linux, I'd also appreciate seeing how to (a) make a script for these commands and (b) to create an alias for these scripts that can go on the desktop (and/or perhaps a keyboard shortcut).

I suspect there are lots of Linux newbies to the Eee who would like to know how to do this in general, not just for this handy application, and it certainly seems like a wiki-worthy how to make executable scripts (I think of 'em as batch files b/c of my DOS background).

i'd love a little script to toggle between these two states too.. that would be amazing.. i've done the code changes as above and all works fine.. but i want to be able to turn off this mode easily when i want to work on an external monitor only.. and have this on when i'm on the 7"



when i'm listening to some internet radio (bassdrive atm!) the audio cuts off at the same time as it turns the screen off. this is whe it's going through my external monitor and then back to my amp. (looks sweet in 1680 x 1050 though!)

Last edited by snailofsatan (2007-12-03 6:06:19 am)

Thanks, flinch

I will try that tonight.  However, I think you will find that a lot of us are still so new to Linux that we don't know how to (a) make that exectuable and (b) put a link to that executable on the desktop.  I will try to work this out but if anyone wants to make it easier for me by posting simple instructions here, it would be much appreciated.

mkrishnan wrote:

You could edit the /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh script... (i.e. sudo pico /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh) that script gets executed when the lid is closed. If you comment out the line in there that calls suspend2ram.sh (put a '#' at the beginning of the line)

Code:

#!/bin/sh
LID_STATE=`cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state | awk '{print $2 }'`

if [ $LID_STATE = "closed" ] ; then
#        /etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh
fi
exit 0

and then

sudo /etc/init.d/acpid restart

It should make it so nothing happens when you close the lid... you can remove the # and then do the restart command again to get it back.

Unlike a normal laptop, this should be innocuous (no magnetic HD to break), but be careful not to run the battery down.

I tried it just now and it works...of course, the speakers are in there, so....

What do you do to save your changes in the terminal?

I added to flinches script to print out the current status  and ask if you want to toggle it:

#!/bin/bash

# when file .moved exists, revert to original state else move file.
# this shoult toggle the state...
# start script with super user privileges, i.e. sudo scriptname

if [ -e /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh ]; then
    echo "

    Eee is set to sleep when the lid is closed"
else
    echo "



    Eee is set to stay awake when the lid is closed"
fi

echo -n "

    Do you want to toggle this state?   

  (y/n/quit):"
read -e ANSW

# Read answer
if [ $ANSW = y ]; then

if [ -e /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh.moved ]; then
    sudo -H mv /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh.moved /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh
    clear
    echo "



    Closing lid will now cause the Eee to sleep

"
else
    sudo -H mv /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh.moved
    clear
    echo "



    Closing lid will now do nothing

"
fi

sleep 2

else
sleep 1
exit 0
fi
exit 0

Last edited by drware (2007-12-12 11:33:27 am)

Hi! I copied drware's text and pasted into nano, named it "lid-close.sh", put it on the desktop and gave it executable status using chmod. but how do i run it???? I tried (through the console) lid-close, lid-close.sh, sudo lid-close, sudo lid-close.sh, and it always gives me the same answer: command not found! (I always do it while being in the correct directory, desktop - if is type ls, i can see the file).

The file is on my desktop, how do i make it so that if i double click (or click + enter) on the file it runs?

Any suggestions for a DOS/windows guy wetting his feet in Linux's ocean?

Thanks,

Uriel.

Is this what you guys wanted? Heres my lidbtn.sh
(sudo nano /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh, paste, ctrl+x, y)

Close the lid: switch to CRT output
Open the lid: switch to LCD output

I havent tested it very much with external devices so let me know how it works.

#!/bin/sh
LID_STATE=`cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state | awk '{print $2 }'`

if [ $LID_STATE = "closed" ] ; then
#    /etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh
        /bin/su user -c "/usr/bin/xrandr --output VGA --mode 800x600 --output LVDS --off"
fi
if [ $LID_STATE = "open" ] ; then
        /bin/su user -c "/usr/bin/xrandr --output LVDS --preferred --output VGA --off"
fi
exit 0

Last edited by monouk (2008-01-04 6:02:03 pm)

If you use the method described by rs-px in post 3 above it is easy.

Alternatively, you can press Fn F1