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Related: How can I tell Ubuntu to do nothing when I close my laptop lid?

I have my laptop set to activate standby when I close the lid. I want to keep this as the default for both battery and AC power.

But occasionally I want to close the lid without triggering standby (eg. while just listening to audio).

Is there someway I can tell Ubuntu, "I'm going to close the lid now. Don't stand by this time", without altering the defaults (because I almost always forget to change them back).

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Use the applet for surpressing the sleep mode. Right click onto the panel and than click "Add to panel..." The applet has a name like "applet to surpress sleep mode". Now you see a little clock on your panel. If you click it, it get'ss stroked out and your computer won't enter sleep mode anymore till you click it again.

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