Get LidMan

Out of the box the EeePC suspends processing when you close the lid.
LidMan let's you take control.

Why?

Often it's best to close the lid :

  • EeePC as ipod. Plug in some phones, put on your backpack and off you go.
  • Hooking up a external monitor and USB keyboard.
  • Streaming movies to an external screen.
  • At home web server.
LidMan 1.0
EeePC edition

How to download LidMan

Add the Neil Bartlett repository to your repo list
Simultanteously press the three keys 
Ctrl Alt T

After a few moments a command window will appear. In the command window type the following and the press the Enter key

/usr/bin/sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

This will bring up an editor window. Type the following as the last line of the file.

deb http://www.neilbartlett.com/eeepcrepo/ p701 contrib

Now save the file by using the menu pulldown in the top right and saving the file when prompted. You have now set up your EeePC to access the Neil Bartlett repo

From the command line
/usr/bin/sudo apt-get update
/usr/bin/sudo apt-get install lidman

Answer y to the question load without verification. This will load the lidman onto your EeePC. Now restart your machine

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