Setting monitor powersaving on eeepc

To prevent the eeepc going to sleep when shutting the lid.

Open a terminal (ctrl-alt-t)
Login as root (su)
edit the file (using pico or some other editor) /etc/acpi/lidbtn.sh
comment out (with a #) the line

/etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh

Save the file.

eeepc should now remain awake when lid is shut.



To prevent external monitor going to sleep after timeout

xset -dpms

This deactivates Energy Star