=====Prevent suspend mode when lid is closed (Xandros Full Desktop)=====

When the computer lid is closed, the system executes the script ''/etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh'', the contents of which should look something like this:
<code bash>
#!/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
</code>

====Preventing suspend mode unconditionally====
To unconditionally prevent the system from entering suspend mode when the lid is closed, edit the file and comment out the line which invokes the ''suspend2ram.sh'' command by prepending a ''#'':
<code bash>
…
if [ $LID_STATE = "closed" ] ; then
#        /etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh
fi
…
</code>

====Preventing suspend mode when the Music Manager is playing====
One annoyance of the Eee is that you can't use it as a portable audio player, since it immediately enters suspend mode once the lid is closed.  If you use the default Music Manager application, this limitation can be overcome by modifying the ''lidbtn.sh'' script to check if an audio file is playing.  The command

  dcop --all-sessions --user user amarok player isPlaying

will output "true" if the Music Manager is running and currently playing.  So we modify the script in two places:  first, we add a line to run the ''dcop'' command and store its output in a variable, and second, we update the ''if'' statement to check the value of this variable.  The modified script is as follows:
<code bash>
#!/bin/sh
LID_STATE=`cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state | awk '{print $2 }'`
AMAROK_PLAYING=`dcop --all-sessions --user user amarok player isPlaying`

if [ $LID_STATE = "closed" -a "$AMAROK_PLAYING" != "true" ] ; then
        /etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh
fi
exit 0
</code>

====See also====

*[[http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=20450|EeeUser ASUS Eee PC Forum: Bypass standby when screen is closed?]]