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

[Bo Berglund]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 17:49:55 +0100, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>hi,
>Am Samstag, dem 22.01.2022 um 17:07 +0100 schrieb Bo Berglund:
>> On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:17:24 +0100, Bo Berglund <
>> bo
>> If I go to the physical display and log in to the Cinnamon desktop
>> and then
>> leave the computer there, then this does not happen.
>> 
>have you checked the settings in the default desktop instead ...

Well, the reason I installed Cinnamon is that I cannot understand the  working
of the default (Focal-Fossa) desktop at all. I do not find any way to go to
administrative tools or the like.
With Cinnamon all of that is a breeze and everything can be found.

I tried it just now but I failed to even find where the power and screensaver
settings are handled.

Maybe I should scrap this altogether and atsrt over installing Ubuntu-Mint (or
is it Ubuntu-Mate?) instead. That has an understandable basic user interface in
any case...

>
>none of my desktop machines ever exposed a behaviour like this with
>default ubuntu installs (and i have not heard about this before from
>the plenty of users i regualrly support), this kind of indicates that
>it is related to something you changed after installation. 
>
>perhaps cinnamon (or a dependency it installs) changes the system
>config in this regard or disables/removes some default system component
>...

I have spent many hours today trying in vain to fix this problem. And it *HAS*
to be fixed before I deploy the computer to my summer cottage, where we just got
fiber installed so I can place a server like this and still have access to it
from home. But it will rely on a person NEVER having to handle the device
physically!


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden