Peak homelabbing
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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.
That free computer is going to cost you a lot on your electric bill.
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...but then the sign would have affected the airflow...
This is the best compromise until mom visits and steps on it.
I have killed two laptops by stepping on them. Is this a sign?
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That free computer is going to cost you a lot on your electric bill.
Not in winter it won't.
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They have the budget for printer ink tho
Or a local library and $0.10
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On carpet
you see ivan, server is much happier when comfortable on carpet, you can tell it wams its heart
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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.
Wow five years is a long time to juggle something
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I mean, literally just lean it against the wall, at the very least...
With a risk of falling hard drives and such? I'm not doing that...
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Not in winter it won't.
Even in winter, it's terrible compared to a heat pump or (probably) directly burning gas or wood.
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Even in winter, it's terrible compared to a heat pump or (probably) directly burning gas or wood.
That's the joke.
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Yes, easily. Most OSes let you do that.
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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-logindIf 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' -
Yes, easily. Most OSes let you do that.
In some cases, is a bios setting also.
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Yes usually it's the OS that handles it and it can be set to ignore the lid detection.
I did it for a while. Also removed the battery so it doesn't start swelling
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Sure, it's part of windows settings under power management.
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And the lid is not open because of preventing it sleeping, but rather to cool it down
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Sure, it's part of windows settings under power management.
Same with Linux!
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See I would have more problems with cats chilling on the keyboard than folks closing the lid or unplugging it
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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.
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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-logindIf 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'but my keyboard is a heatsink...
