On the rsync backup question - how are you doing it? You should be able
to have the backup machine entirely headless, as long as ssh can get to
it you should be fine - assuming you run the backup from the machine
being backed up.
if you are running the backup from the backup machine, cron sho
In KDE look in the Power Managment -> Energy Saving There should be a
setting on what to do when the lid is closed. You can probably just
uncheck the lid button setting and then it will do nothing.
That being said, I would keep your lid open at least a little bit.
Having the lid closed cause
Thank you Brian for solving the issue of missing
PLUG email messages. All is well now.
Linux Mint on Thinkpad laptop used to run fine
24/7 with the lid closed as I use an external
monitor, keyboard, and mouse. But recently
something changed (and I don't know what) but
now, I have to have the lid
