I'm having a devil of a time finding a solution for this. Part of the problem is every search I've done gets me the opposite results of what I'm searching for.
The issue is Chromium, if left open, will not allow my screen to shut off when the computer is not in use. It may be a specific tab that I have open, but I really don't care - I want the screen to power down after 10 minutes of inactivity whether Chromium is open or not. It seems most people want the opposite for watching videos or whatever.
What I currently have to do is to remember to close Chromium when I leave my desk. Which is annoying and dumb IMO.
I tried setting DPMS to on but that made no difference. I suppose it's powerdevil that's controlling the screen power. I'm hoping there's a way to configure what programs inhibit monitor power switching and what won't.
I looked at systemd, but nothing seems out of the ordinary:
This is a desktop PC so my habit is to leave it powered on all the time, but have the screen sleep when I'm not at my desk.
The issue is Chromium, if left open, will not allow my screen to shut off when the computer is not in use. It may be a specific tab that I have open, but I really don't care - I want the screen to power down after 10 minutes of inactivity whether Chromium is open or not. It seems most people want the opposite for watching videos or whatever.
What I currently have to do is to remember to close Chromium when I leave my desk. Which is annoying and dumb IMO.
I tried setting DPMS to on but that made no difference. I suppose it's powerdevil that's controlling the screen power. I'm hoping there's a way to configure what programs inhibit monitor power switching and what won't.
I looked at systemd, but nothing seems out of the ordinary:
Code:
stuart@office:~$ systemd-inhibit --list Who: UPower (UID 0/root, PID 1425/upowerd)
What: sleep
Why: Pause device polling
Mode: delay
Who: Screen Locker (UID 1000/stuart, PID 1600/ksmserver)
What: sleep
Why: Ensuring that the screen gets locked before going to sleep
Mode: delay
Who: PowerDevil (UID 1000/stuart, PID 1692/org_kde_powerde)
What: handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key:handle-lid-switch
Why: KDE handles power events
Mode: block
Who: NetworkManager (UID 0/root, PID 1197/NetworkManager)
What: sleep
Why: NetworkManager needs to turn off networks
Mode: delay
Who: ModemManager (UID 0/root, PID 1165/ModemManager)
What: sleep
Why: ModemManager needs to reset devices
Mode: delay
5 inhibitors listed.
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