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PhilArch33

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Registered: 2026-07-24

Posts: 7

Power Management not working anymore on two different desktops

I noticed that both my servers are not shutting down anymore after the set 180 minutes inactivity and the weird thing is that both are using two different desktops. One is KDE and the other is XFCE. This problem seem to have started around 2-3 days ago. I do pacman updates on a daily basis. I see nothing special in the logs. I don't have the expertise to investigate further. Let me know if you'd like more logs.

KDE config:
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sudo cat ~/.config/powerdevilrc
[AC][Display]
TurnOffDisplayIdleTimeoutSec=1800

[AC][SuspendAndShutdown]
AutoSuspendAction=8
AutoSuspendIdleTimeoutSec=10800
PowerButtonAction=8

XFCE config:
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xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -v -l
/xfce4-power-manager/dpms-on-ac-off               30
/xfce4-power-manager/dpms-on-ac-sleep             10
/xfce4-power-manager/inactivity-on-ac             180
/xfce4-power-manager/inactivity-sleep-mode-on-ac  4
/xfce4-power-manager/power-button-action          4

Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd[1]: Starting User Login Management...
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd-logind[505]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event3 (Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:4023)
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd-logind[505]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event4 (Logitech Wireless Mouse)
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd-logind[505]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Power Button)
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd-logind[505]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Power Button)
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd-logind[505]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Sleep Button)
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd-logind[505]: New seat seat0.
Aug 11 00:11:25 systemd[1]: Started User Login Management.
Aug 11 00:11:26 systemd-logind[505]: New session 'c1' of user 'plasmalogin' with class 'greeter' and type 'wayland'.
Aug 11 00:11:26 systemd-logind[505]: New session '1' of user 'plasmalogin' with class 'manager-early' and type 'unspecified'.
Aug 11 05:32:01 systemd-logind[505]: New session '2' of user 'philip' with class 'user' and type 'wayland'.
Aug 11 05:32:01 systemd-logind[505]: New session '3' of user 'philip' with class 'manager' and type 'unspecified'.
Aug 11 05:32:06 systemd-logind[505]: Session c1 logged out. Waiting for processes to exit.
Aug 11 05:32:06 systemd-logind[505]: Removed session c1.
Aug 11 05:32:16 systemd-logind[505]: Removed session 1.

PhilArch33

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Registered: 2026-07-24

Posts: 7

Re: Power Management not working anymore on two different desktops

Thanks for nothing but I managed to figure it out by myself anyway. Since I configured Power Management as my user then it only works when the user is logged in. Won't work when the servers are sitting at the greeter. I'm now looking into how to set it up so it shuts down due to inactivity even in the KDE plasma greeter or XFCE greeter.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,350

Re: Power Management not working anymore on two different desktops

You are aware everyone using this forum (including mods) is a volunteer ?

Please use  code & /code tags for program output.
Edit your opening post to use those tags ( 3 code blocks seems best for that post) to make it a lot more readable .
Making it easy for readers to understand what's happening will help to get replies.

Don't make the mistake of treating servers as end user systems. Configure them using methods that do work on system level.

Check https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_ … pace_tools .
All the tools listed under console work on system level but the graphical section lists only one (powerkit) that may be useful for system level config.

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 77,527

Re: Power Management not working anymore on two different desktops

What is "XFCE greeter"? starting xautolock might do on eg. lightdm.
For wayland-stuff you're subject to whatever you're running there (typically kwin_wayland)
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1 … eep_issue/ doesn't make it look too great, though (eg. the logind idle state/action does not seem supported?)

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