When I had Ubuntu 16.04 my computer would go into some sleep state where pressing any key on the keyboard would wake it up. Now that I have Ubuntu 18.04, it goes into this state where the power button is blinking and I have to press it to wake up. I'd like to go back to the way it was previously.
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Thanks a lot to @PRATAP for help reaching this answer.
- Install dconf-editor
sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
- Run it from terminal:
dconf-editor
- Go to
settings-daemon/plugins/power/sleep-inactive-battery-type
. SetUse default value
toOFF
, andCustom value
toblank
.
- To get the same behavior when laptop is connected to power - go instead to
settings-daemon/plugins/power/sleep-inactive-ac-type
, and do same as in 3.

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Please mark this as an accepted answer so that people can tell at a glance that this question has an answer that worked for the asker (OP). – Carolus May 07 '19 at 12:32