Hi I've just pushed a little command-line tool, nosuspend, to gihub, which is meant to protect for suspending the computer while a given program is running, mostly use is during recording, but other operations comes in mind as well, like building a kernel while sitting in the kitchen, . . Maybe it is useful for the one or the other here as well. This little app works on computers with systemd running, usage is simple, example: nosuspend jack_capture -c 2 -p system:capture* So, simply prefix your app you wont protect with nosuspend when running, and as long it runs, the computer wont suspend and cant shot down. Stopping the app will turn anything back to normal. nosuspend make use of systemd-inhibit, it sets the lock with the UID root bit set ( high priority), but run the given app in userspace. https://github.com/brummer10/nosuspend regards hermann _______________________________________________