Public bug reported:

Dear colleagues,

We have discovered an abnormal operation of the lightdm
(1.30.0-0ubuntu4~20.04.1) program.

1. When no user is logged in (the initial user selection screen is
displayed) the idle system goes into suspend (sleep) mode. The timeout
for this event is 20 minutes.

2. I tried to cancel the entering into sleep mode. To do this, I altered
the sleep-inactive-ac-timeout and sleep-inactive-battery-timeout
parameters to 0.

The command sudo -H -u lightdm dbus-launch --exit-with-session gsettings
list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power gives the
output:

root@supercat:/home/supercat# sudo -H -u lightdm dbus-launch 
--exit-with-session gsettings list-recursively 
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
No protocol specified
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power time-critical 300
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power power-button-action 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor 
false
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-hibernate 'hibernate'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim true
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-power 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power priority 0
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-brightness 30
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power active true
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power critical-battery-action 'hibernate'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-suspend 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-sleep 'hibernate'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power percentage-critical 3
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-timeout 0
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-type 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power ambient-enabled true
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power notify-perhaps-recall true
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power percentage-low 10
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power percentage-action 2
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-type 'suspend'
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power time-low 1200
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-timeout 0
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power time-action 120
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power use-time-for-policy true


3. I checked the result, the system still suspends (goes into sleep mode) in 20 
minutes. I checked the IdleAction parameter in /etc/systemd/logind.conf, 
because it may affect the suspend mode. It is set to ignore.

#  This file is part of systemd.
#
#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
#  (at your option) any later version.
#
# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
# You can change settings by editing this file.
# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
#
# See logind.conf(5) for details.

[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend
#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend
#HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s
IdleAction=ignore
IdleActionSec=30min
#RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
#RemoveIPC=yes
#InhibitorsMax=8192
#SessionsMax=8192

I came to conclusion that lightdm ignores correctly given setting for
not suspending the system (org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
sleep-inactive-ac-timeout 0).

Commentaries on this finding are welcome.

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: lightdm sleep suspend

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1928305

Title:
  Lightdm ignores power saving settings; suspends system in 20 minutes
  regardless of sleep-inactive-ac-timeout parameter

Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Dear colleagues,

  We have discovered an abnormal operation of the lightdm
  (1.30.0-0ubuntu4~20.04.1) program.

  1. When no user is logged in (the initial user selection screen is
  displayed) the idle system goes into suspend (sleep) mode. The timeout
  for this event is 20 minutes.

  2. I tried to cancel the entering into sleep mode. To do this, I
  altered the sleep-inactive-ac-timeout and sleep-inactive-battery-
  timeout parameters to 0.

  The command sudo -H -u lightdm dbus-launch --exit-with-session
  gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
  gives the output:

  root@supercat:/home/supercat# sudo -H -u lightdm dbus-launch 
--exit-with-session gsettings list-recursively 
org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
  No protocol specified
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power time-critical 300
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power power-button-action 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power 
lid-close-suspend-with-external-monitor false
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-hibernate 'hibernate'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim true
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-power 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power priority 0
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-brightness 30
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power active true
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power critical-battery-action 'hibernate'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-suspend 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-sleep 'hibernate'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power percentage-critical 3
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-timeout 0
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-type 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power ambient-enabled true
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power notify-perhaps-recall true
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power percentage-low 10
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power percentage-action 2
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-type 'suspend'
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power time-low 1200
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-timeout 0
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power time-action 120
  org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power use-time-for-policy true

  
  3. I checked the result, the system still suspends (goes into sleep mode) in 
20 minutes. I checked the IdleAction parameter in /etc/systemd/logind.conf, 
because it may affect the suspend mode. It is set to ignore.

  #  This file is part of systemd.
  #
  #  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  #  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  #  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  #  (at your option) any later version.
  #
  # Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
  # You can change settings by editing this file.
  # Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
  #
  # See logind.conf(5) for details.

  [Login]
  #NAutoVTs=6
  #ReserveVT=6
  #KillUserProcesses=no
  #KillOnlyUsers=
  #KillExcludeUsers=root
  #InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
  #HandlePowerKey=poweroff
  #HandleSuspendKey=suspend
  #HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
  #HandleLidSwitch=suspend
  #HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend
  #HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
  #PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
  #SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
  #HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
  #LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
  #HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s
  IdleAction=ignore
  IdleActionSec=30min
  #RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
  #RemoveIPC=yes
  #InhibitorsMax=8192
  #SessionsMax=8192

  I came to conclusion that lightdm ignores correctly given setting for
  not suspending the system (org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
  sleep-inactive-ac-timeout 0).

  Commentaries on this finding are welcome.

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