Method to disable sleep

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Geofrey Hill
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Some models do not handle sleeping gracefully. In some cases the best idea is to disable sleep. There are two (2) ways to do that.

In Browser Method

Works for both free version and paid for version

There is a Chrome extension that allows you to control sleep settings. Keep Awake - Caffeine allows you 3 modes. 

  • Sun - screen stays on
  • Sunset - system prevented from sleeping
  • Moon - Default sleep/resume behavior

Follow the above link and add the app if this is the way you want to handle this.

 

CLI Method

ONLY WORKS ON FREE VERSION

You can add your computers model name to a specific file that will disable sleep. It uses exact matches so use the following steps.

  1. Press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [t] to open crosh
  2. shell
  3. sudo su
  4. disable_verity
  5. restart device, repeat steps 1-3
  6. mount -o rw,remount /
  7. cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name >> /usr/share/power_manager/suspend_prevention_models
  8. restart ui

 

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  • Marc Marshall

    I tried the CLI Method will see how it goes

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  • Utkarsh Verma

    Keep Awake doesn't work with cloudready.

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  • Donald Schultz

    6/24/17, I installed CloudReady on my HP Mini 1103.  Immediately ran into the sleep problem.  KEEP AWAKE installed with no trouble and at least the SUN mode works with the lid open.  Will experiment with the rest.  

    Next need to tackle getting my Brother wifi printer working with CloudReady.

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  • Donald Schultz

    OK!!  Sunset works just fine.  The screen goes black.  A touch on the mousepad brings it back.  Perfect.  

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  • Donald Schultz

    Sadly, Sunset and SUN both lock up when the lid is closed.  Both work fine with the lid open.  This is on my HP Mini 1103.  Best wishes for good performance with CloudReady on your machine.

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  • Joseph Honnoll

    To my Experience it should sleep if closing the lid right? My LED blinks Orange

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  • Nataniel López

    You can disable sleep if closing the lid doing this:

    sudo su
mount -o remount,rw /
echo 0 > /usr/share/power_manager/use_lid
restart powerd

    Reboot your computer, cross your fingers and close that lid m8.

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  • JP White

    Will this anomaly ever be addressed by Neverware?. Its the reason Cloudready never made it past the first experimental unit in our church's computer lab several years ago. All other identical units wake from sleep just fine using windoze. Just upgraded from version 55 to version 66 to see if its fixed. Nah, same issue.

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  • Phil Reilly

    Have you tried the in Settings->Device->Power ..... adjusting sleep & lid action the way you want it? Seems all the previous methods mentioned here are now moot since this is now addressed in the OS settings. Also the Keep Awake extension should be removed if installed.

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  • Chad Muller

    Thanks, Phil Reilly!  I was using "Keep Awake" extension until just now!

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  • Svetoslav Stoilov

    thanks  a lot,very usefull :)

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