Suspend monitor not shut off

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I just got a new monitor and am currently using its power button to turn it off for the night. When I do this you can hear a sound indicating it’s disconnected. Same sound when powering it back up. My issue is that after first powering the monitor up it’s like the desktop is reloading cause all of my docks ar visible instead of auto-hiding. I have to either enter a command into Konsole to restart the desktop to get the panels to behave or simply logoff and back in to get them to behave correctly. I would like to know if I can simply suspend the monitor in Plasma without fully turning it off and without suspending the system. I have apps that run overnight to save me time so suspending the system is a non-starter. Thanks

|Brand|AOPEN|
| --- | --- |
|Model Number|UM.JS2AA.003|
|Model Name|AOPEN 32SA2QK biip|

 ~  inxi -F                                                                                            ✔  04:39:49 AM 
System:
  Host: XXXX Kernel: 6.14.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 Distro: RebornOS Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: X670 AORUS ELITE AX v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FB1
    date: 05/22/2024
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3751 min/max: 545/5575 cores: 1: 3751 2: 3751 3: 3751
    4: 3751 5: 3751 6: 3751 7: 3751 8: 3751 9: 3751 10: 3751 11: 3751 12: 3751
    13: 3751 14: 3751 15: 3751 16: 3751
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] driver: nvidia
    v: 570.144
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: radeonsi
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,nvidia,radeonsi,swrast
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.144
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
    driver: snd_emu10k1
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
    Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
    driver: rtw89_8852ce
  IF: wlp14s0 state: up mac: 28:d0:43:0e:4d:c6
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169
  IF: enp15s0 state: down mac: 10:ff:e0:38:db:01
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb type: USB
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 state: up address: 28:D0:43:0E:4D:C7 bt-v: 5.3
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 36.38 TiB used: 21.02 TiB (57.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 EVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
  ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000T500SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
  ID-4: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD size: 7.28 TiB
    type: USB
  ID-5: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD size: 10.91 TiB
    type: USB
  ID-6: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD size: 14.55 TiB
    type: USB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 464.02 GiB used: 26.37 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1.95 GiB used: 2.5 MiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 464.02 GiB used: 26.37 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-4: /var/log size: 464.02 GiB used: 26.37 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.9 C mobo: 29.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 41.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 61.76 GiB used: 10.3 GiB (16.7%)
  Processes: 617 Uptime: 19h 9m Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.38

 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: radeonsi
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Hi - I’m not 100% sure, but the issue you described with your panels sounds very similar to this one in the KDE Bugtracking System: 478256 – When screen resolution or scale changes, hidden Panel in "Auto-Hide" or "Dodge windows" mode sometimes inappropriately un-hides and can't be hidden again

Aside from the sleep-without-power-off question about your display, it might be worth checking if you can reproduce that bug report’s symptoms using the steps listed in comment #21 there - and if so, leaving a comment of your own to help confirm that the issue still remains?

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I know about the bug report and will will wait til there is an official fix. I would rather work on the main issue I posted about.

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The one setting in Power Management works, but the issue with that is When I want it so as not to turn the screen off everytime the system is idle I need to go into system setting every day when I’m done set it for 30 seconds or a minute, apply and then disable it in the morning. I would like a button or widget I can place on one of my panels that I can click to enable that or select from a dropdown list to enable that.