F44 How to disable automatic suspension on Fedora Workstation?

[m1st3rb1rchpl4nks (P B)]

I have to keep my Fedora Workstation desktop running for extended periods while leaving it but it keeps shutting off cause of this automatic suspension setting that I can’t seem to shut off nor find a guide that works for. I tried some old guides for versions back linked here already:

F39, How do I disable suspend?

I have two issues: – after some time of user inactivity, my F39 Desktop machine goes on suspend – most often (not always) I am not able to resume form suspend (machine seems to boot, but screen stays blank, and I need to shutdown it) First question, how do I avoid default suspend? I just checked that my /etc/systemd/logind.conf is #NAutoVTs=6 #ReserveVT=6 #KillUserProcesses=no #KillOnlyUsers= #KillExcludeUsers=root #InhibitDelayMaxSec=5 #UserStopDelaySec=10 #HandlePowerKey=poweroff #HandleP…

Disable auto suspend / hibernate feature

Hello all. I turn on computer, log on via ssh to fedora and after some time I get the message: Broadcast message from gdm@my_fedora on tty1 (Mon 2025-07-14 09:45:29 CEST): The system will suspend now! Read from remote host 192.168.8.3: Connection timed out Connection to 192.168.8.3 closed. client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe and my computer goes into suspend or hibernate and I have to push power on button again. How to disable this auto suspending / hibernating feature so once turned…

but the directory isn’t there anymore when I try to go to etc/systemd/sleepconf.d. A working and more importantly modern solution would be much appreciated

[anothermindbomb (Steve Flynn)]

I’m on KDE but I would be positively staggered if Gnome did not implement power settings of “Do nothing”, as in:

If Gnome does not implement this, then I’d be changing desktops.

[adamwill (Adam Williamson)]

It’s in Settings, Power, Power Saving. Disable the “Automatic Suspend” settings.

[computersavvy (Jeff V)]

@m1st3rb1rchpl4nks

etc/systemd/sleepconf.d.

You must create that directory then put the recommended file in there.

On Workstation it is very easy to stop the suspension.

1. create the directory sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d
2. create a file in that directory (sleep.conf) with the needed content. (Use sudo nano /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/sleep.conf and put the below content in that file.)

$ cat /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/sleep.conf 
[Sleep]
AllowSuspend=no
AllowSuspendThenHibernate=no
AllowHibernation=no
AllowHybridSleep=no

3. reboot

The system will now no longer automatically suspend nor hibernate.

CAVEAT: this disables all suspend and hibernation, including manual.
If you wish to be able to manually suspend then use the settings in the gnome setting panel for power management mentioned by Adam or follow the steps shown by Vladislav

[m1st3rb1rchpl4nks (P B)]

something like this actually seemed to work, just not “Automatic Suspend”, because there is no setting explicitly/exactly called that. There’s “Dim Screen”, “Automatic Power Saver”, and “Automatic Screen Blank”. I turned all of them off and that actually seemed to work

[m1st3rb1rchpl4nks (P B)]

thanks will come back to this if I have the problem again and simple fix doesn’t work anymore!

[catanzaro (Michael Catanzaro)]

The settings you mention do not appear to exist in Fedora Workstation? Are you using KDE? That would be Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop, not Fedora Workstation.

Adam’s instructions are correct for Fedora Workstation: