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[-] mmmac@lemmy.zip 15 points 12 hours ago

Man when I was a kid I ran a runescape private server for anywhere within 20-100 people at a time, and for the first few weeks users reported a lot of downtime, which didn't make sense to me as whenever I tried to login it was totally fine!!

Eventually figured out closing my laptop lid put the laptop to sleep and scraped together some chore money for a VPS lol

[-] leMe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 14 hours ago

which one of you took a picture of my jellyfin server?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 42 points 18 hours ago

Disable sleep-on-lid-closed.

[-] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

It's probably to prevent overheating.

Why is it just sitting on the carpet though?

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 27 points 12 hours ago

To prevent underheating, they're going for a medium laptop.

[-] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago

Medium-well, more like.

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 8 points 18 hours ago

TIL: maybe my local laptop-server shouldn't have the lid closed. Probably not gonna change my ways, though. What an inconvenience that'd be

[-] Yoshi@futurology.today 3 points 14 hours ago

You should be able to deactivate shutdown or sleep mode on lid closure with some commands.

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago

I have the lid closed, yes. I wasn't aware that there could be a reason to choose to keep it open

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 65 points 1 day ago

This laptop is secretly downloading scientific papers behind a paywall to release them on the public internet. Sadly, the owner will be prosecuted unfairly and threatened with unreasonable punishment.

Remember Aaron.

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 7 points 18 hours ago

RIP

[-] Konstant@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Closing lid goes brrr

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 175 points 1 day ago

not turning off going to sleep when lid closed

Rookie maneuver.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 118 points 1 day ago

Could be an overheating concern maybe. Some laptops weren't designed to run with the lid closed, if it inhibits the air flow.

[-] MajorasMaskForever@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

I can't tell for sure, but it looks like a Lenovo y510p. Or at least it looks very similar to the one I owned back in the day.

There was a vent in the hinge, and these things would absolutely cook themselves with the lid closed

[-] zourn@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I'm currently using a y510p as a home lab. Every update resets the shutdown-on-lid-close setting. Had to set up a cron job to re-disable it on boot.

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

I'm pretty sure there is a regular systemd config option for that

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[-] Typewar@infosec.pub 51 points 1 day ago

And the lid is not open because of preventing it sleeping, but rather to cool it down

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

But it looks like it's sitting on carpet which would definitely block the vents

[-] Typewar@infosec.pub 2 points 11 hours ago

Truee, didn't see that. But generally just wanted to add to the vibe of these laptop hosters

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

The more I look at it, maybe it's hard flooring. Lol

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 17 points 22 hours ago

Yes! Very important!

I remember it being a bit trendy to turn old laptops into desktops by just unplugging the display and plugging peripherals into them, but people were finding that the keyboard actually was designed as another heat escape, so running them with the lids closed wasn't so great!

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

There's people who gut them and build a nice wood-and-allu mini-pc (not me, too lazy, would order a case).

[-] FurryMemesAccount 85 points 1 day ago

On carpet 😬

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago

if you just moved in, server comes first, then a mattress, then the rest of the furniture

[-] FurryMemesAccount 14 points 1 day ago

The laptop could have setup to not sleep on close and could have been laying closed, screen on the ground. Also it would have provided completely unrestricted airflow to the fan...

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

...but then the sign would have affected the airflow...

This is the best compromise until mom visits and steps on it.

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[-] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

You could put the laptop on a box

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago

Same here. I ran a kitchen server precisely like that (minus the sign) but on a carpet?

(as another commenter said: even if you just moved in, you put it on a box or something)

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

you see ivan, server is much happier when comfortable on carpet, you can tell it wams its heart

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[-] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago

Is this that thin little block holding up the Internet?

[-] jcs@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Disable suspend when the laptop lid is closed:

sudo sed -i 's/#HandleLidSwitch=suspend/HandleLidSwitch=ignore/g' /etc/systemd/logind.conf
sudo sed -i 's/#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend/HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore/g' /etc/systemd/logind.conf
sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind

If you are in a TTY, you can blank the screen before closing the lid to prevent burn-in. After running this, come back later and press a key to turn the screen on again.

alias blankscreen='setterm --blank=force; read ans; setterm --blank=poke'

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

put it in /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/nosleep.conf so that updates can't ever undo this

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Thanks, but honestly, a simple cat would be more helpful than a sed line. I mean, who reads sed lines?

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

but my keyboard is a heatsink...

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago

and it'll be the most reliable server you own

[-] Damage@feddit.it 8 points 1 day ago

Well, for one it's got a built-in UPS... Too bad for the storage connectivity tho

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Lol, reminds me of my old setup.

It was all old W98 laptop that I got used. I installed xunbuntu on it back when it first came out in 2006. It sat on my desk, open like that with a bit of tape over to hold the power cord because it was loose. The battery was completely dead.

It was the server I used to host all the modded maps I made for a silly little tank game. Thing ran seemlessly only going down when the power went out or somebody juggled the power cord for 5 years.

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[-] Balldowern@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

OMG, Y500 ? Mine is still running after 13 years!

Lenovo made some kickass computers back then.

[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago

I think that’s a Y510p. This was the machine that made me think Lenovo knew what they were doing and were the true successors to IBM, for laptops at least.

This machine was released right before the gaming laptop age really kicked off, so its paltry GT750(M! Sometimes two of them) was about as good as it got outside of a sketchy DTR from a company you’ve never heard of. Only a few years later did the standard go way up for gaming laptop performance, with everyone and their dog getting an Nvidia 1050/1060/1070 machine.

But I really liked the Y500/Y510. Serious design that made it look like a thick business laptop with polished black surfaces and cool red key edges vs gaudy RGB sludge with LOOK AT ME I AM EPICLY GAMERING all over it. I kind of wish they kept this design style.

Oh well. Tongfang has my back now.

[-] Symphonic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I instantly recognized it too! Mine got stolen. I loved mine.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

See I would have more problems with cats chilling on the keyboard than folks closing the lid or unplugging it

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 13 hours ago

It could be worse. I do not want to have to clean a hairball out of a keyboard ever again. (At least it was a desktop keyboard, so applying water was an option. I don't want to even think what would have been needed to clean a similarly soiled laptop.)

[-] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

My server is a loose motherboard with a loose PSU, thrown into the living room TV rack, which I leave open for cooling. It's a repurposed (free) Athlon, DDR2. I only use it for smb and git backups, and project sharing between my desktop and laptop. What amazes me most is my IT coworkers don't find that a perfectly acceptable scenario.