My screen will normally dim after X minutes when the system is idle. However, if this system is idle, and an X Windows program is running, the screen never dims.
Anyone know how to troubleshoot further or obtain diagnostic information about this?
Thanks!
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.8_1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
Memory: 58.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 780M
Do you know if it’s definitely any program using XWayland - ex. have you tried closing XWayland programs individually to see if the issue persists?
When you go to the system tray and the Power Management applet/widget, do you see anything listed in the section for applications blocking sleep and screen locking?
Also, I feel I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention, Plasma 6.2 has had three bug-fix releases since the version that you’re running (version 6.2.3 is the most current release) - I don’t see which Linux distribution you’re using in that info section there, but it’d also be best to make sure your system is generally up-to-date with the latest bug-fixes from Plasma developers.
I’m new to Linux and don’t believe I have too many programs that use XWayland. As a matter of fact, I couldn’t really tell why this issue was happening on occasion until I eventually made the connection between it and my use of FreeRDP.
That said, thank you for the excellent insight here! A quick click on the battery icon shows the locking being blocked by “My SDL application … (Playing a game)” and I know FreeRDP uses SDL (and I’m not playing a game).
I clicked Unblock and “Every time for this app and this reason” and I’m golden now!
As for my distribution, it’s Void and they’re not at 6.2.3 just yet, but I get it.
