Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

linux guy linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 19 20:03:33 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Fulko Hew <fulko.hew at gmail.com> wrote:

> I won't go so far as say 'over-heat', but _my_ laptop does get 'a lot
> warmer' with its lid shut.
> Its due to the fact that its backlight rarely gets turned off when the lid
> is closed.
> (The difference between one radiating surface versus two.)

I am turning the laptop display off entirely with nvidia-settings when
I use it in "desktop", ie lid closed, mode.


More information about the users mailing list