How can I make Ubuntu not go to sleep when I close my laptop?

Question

I use Ubuntu 10.10 on a laptop. I changed the "blank screen" settings at "System preferences -> Power management" and "Screensaver" and when I am logged in I can close the lid without going to sleep.

However, when I am at the login screen where I can choose a user, the behaviour is different. Ubuntu hibernates when I close the lid.

How can I change this so that only the screen blanks when I close the lid at the login screen?

Thanks and cheers

Answer 1

Go back to Power Management and click Make Default. The options will then be set for root (and default for all users), thus giving you the same behaviour when not logged in.