Ubuntu 20.04.3 desktop (Cinnamon) - SSH disconnects when user logs off the desktop!

[Colin Law]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, 22:29 Bo Berglund, <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> after some time (a couple of minutes) the SSH session (via PuTTY) just
> disconnects mid way in a file edit or other activity! At the same time I
> hear
> from the box how the data drive is powered off and the heads parked.
>


As Karl suggests that sounds as if it has gone to sleep. You should be able
to see that from the LEDs on the machine. Alternatively check syslog after
you bring it back up.  If it is that then you have configured something to
send it to sleep when you logoff.

Colin L


> After this it is not possible to connect by SSH anymore, I have to
> physically
> log on to the desktop on the monitor first!
>
> Where can this be configured away? Why is an SSH session tied to the login
> state
> of a user to the desktop?
>
> My use for this system is mainly as a server but I installed the desktop
> so I
> could use it via VNC later on. VNC is not yet installed though.
> The desktop I use is Cinnamon, which I installed after the main install was
> done.
>
> Note that my two HP laptops and the Lenovo server I also have running
> Ubuntu
> 20.04.3 do not do this, my connections stay up for days on end.
> So I was not prepared for this strange behaviour.
>
>
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