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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and after update to the latest kernel I can't seem to disable my laptop from going to sleep after a few minutes, even though sleep mode is disabled already. It even goes to sleep when I'm watching a movie, it's annoying.

Here's screenshot of my power setting

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I also follow some instructions from : How do I disable my system from going to sleep? to execute :

sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target

Still not working, my laptop still goes to sleep mode. I've also tried

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-timeout '0' 
&& gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-battery-timeout '0'

But my laptop still goes to sleep. I also came across suggestion to add acpi=off in GRUB setting but then I also read it can lead to many other effects. Literally a few minutes ago it went to sleep that's why I remember to post it here.Any advice ?

Hiro
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If you're using gnome, you can use dconf-editor. You can install it via apt.

For me, it was a similar setting: /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/sleep-inactive-ac-type

Masa
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