I have a simple setup with a computer running Ubuntu 24.04, driving two displays where I'd like to have the OS kill power to the displays after inactivity. I've tried this setup with a Raspberry Pi 5 and now with a small Ryzen/x86 computer and I get the same results.
For this experiment I have the inactivity timer set to five minutes. 00:00 - Stop moving the mouse 05:00 - Screens fade to black 05:11 - Monitor drive stops, displays power off 05:25 - Monitors are back on, displaying the background image and time 05:56 - Monitors fade to black and power off 06:07 - Monitors are back on, displaying the background image and time 10:23 - Monitors fade to black but remain powered on If I have a browser tab open with a security camera displayed, the monitors stay on, as you'd expect. Same thing if I'm playing a local or YouTube video. I find it most annoying to have to reach around to the inconveniently placed power button and shut the monitors off. This behavior doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone offer a suggestion here? It seems to me it ought to 'just work.' Having displays powered on with a black screen is silly, or worse. Thanks in advance Curt -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CADPPtrqKKJ%2BDz1Z8E8sSEBnsKB2V5XWFyY-ot_E9KQbWRecgDw%40mail.gmail.com.
