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 should work 
whether the lid is open, closed, or missing ;-) (again, as long as the 
machine is running)

On 11/1/22 17:02, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> 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 causes the machine to get quite a bit hotter 
> than if you can have the lid open to let the heat out.  Even if the 
> machine doesn't overheat and crash on you now, it will be thermally 
> throttling and you'll only get a fraction of the performance out of it 
> that you could be.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 11/1/22 16:38, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> 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 up for it to work.
>>
>> What settings can I change to get it to work
>> again with the lid closed?
>>
>> Also, I have another Thinkpad running Linux Mint
>> onto which I rsync backup all of my files; and
>> I'd like to be able to do that to that second
>> device without having to lift the lid and sign
>> in in order to do my backups.
>>
>> Thanks PLUG friends. ~Joe
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