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#1 2021-09-01 10:08:17

vladimir.darak
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[SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Hello everyone,

few months I have some problem with X11/GDM. After few hours of my computer usage monitors won't turn off (black screen then energy saving mode) when I lock desktop or wait 5 mins to automaticly screen blanks . In Settings -> Power -> Power Saving I have set Blank screen to 5min. Only solution is to reboot computer. I have 2 DELL U2415 monitors chained with DP cable and connected via miniDP to workstation.

Output of

xset -q

is:

xset -q
Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000002
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    on     02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  33
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  0
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x22    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/TTF,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
	Driver      "intel"
	Option      "DRI" "2"             # DRI3 is now default 
	#Option      "AccelMethod"  "sna" # default
	#Option      "AccelMethod"  "uxa" # fallback
EndSection
$ uname -a
Linux vlado-desktop 5.13.13-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:14:36 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ sudo lshw

https://pastebin.com/d0Nc9CZh

Is there any workaround or fix for this? When I switch from Xorg session to Wayland, everything works except presenting in google meet (I need it for my work)

Thanks

Last edited by vladimir.darak (2021-09-11 07:12:57)

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#2 2021-09-01 14:57:14

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0

Something™ set this to "0" what mans "never"
Assuming that's your desktop session, trying to handle this itself.

1. Can you "xset dpms force off"?
2. If so:

systemd-inhibit --list
qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver # check whether your implementation is willing to list the inhibitors

Also

Only solution is to reboot computer.

Sure that a re-login doesn't do?

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#3 2021-09-02 08:15:55

vladimir.darak
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Hello,
thanks for response!

I don't know how gnome works with DPMS but

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0

Is always 0. Even when blanking and energy saver mode working.

1. yes, command works. Monitors are blanked and wakes up when I move mouse or press key on keyboard
2. current output

WHO            UID  USER  PID  COMM            WHAT                                                     WHY                                                  MODE 
NetworkManager 0    root  445  NetworkManager  sleep                                                    NetworkManager needs to turn off networks            delay
UPower         0    root  1239 upowerd         sleep                                                    Pause device polling                                 delay
GNOME Shell    1000 vlado 1864 gnome-shell     sleep                                                    GNOME needs to lock the screen                       delay
Telepathy      1000 vlado 1920 mission-control shutdown:sleep                                           Disconnecting IM accounts before suspend/shutdown... delay
vlado          1000 vlado 2067 gsd-media-keys  handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key GNOME handling keypresses                            block
vlado          1000 vlado 2067 gsd-media-keys  sleep                                                    GNOME handling keypresses                            delay
vlado          1000 vlado 2068 gsd-power       sleep                                                    GNOME needs to lock the screen                       delay

7 inhibitors listed

but actually everything works.

Yes, only solutions is reboot. I can logout and change session type from Xorg to Wayland. Then blanking start working again.

Currently I'm testing fallback mode for intel graphic card:

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf 
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
	Driver      "intel"
	Option      "DRI" "2"             # DRI3 is now default 
	#Option      "AccelMethod"  "sna" # default
	Option      "AccelMethod"  "uxa" # fallback
EndSection

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#4 2021-09-02 14:40:12

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Only sleep and hibernation are inhibited, not DPMS.
You want to check this as well as "xset dpms force off" when things do *not* work.
I don't think it's related to the ddx driver (settings), esp. not if restarting X11 doesn't resolve it.

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#5 2021-09-03 06:11:21

vladimir.darak
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

I tested

xset dpms force off

even when blanking do not work but command works correctly. I tried to restart GDM when blanking not work and after that, all things work again

Last edited by vladimir.darak (2021-09-03 06:11:39)

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#6 2021-09-03 06:33:27

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

You didn't check for the inhibitors, did you?
It's not related to your GPU for sure, though.

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#7 2021-09-03 11:35:26

vladimir.darak
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

$ systemd-inhibit --list qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver
WHO            UID  USER  PID   COMM            WHAT                                                     WHY                                                  MODE 
NetworkManager 0    root  445   NetworkManager  sleep                                                    NetworkManager needs to turn off networks            delay
GNOME Shell    1000 vlado 1864  gnome-shell     sleep                                                    GNOME needs to lock the screen                       delay
Telepathy      1000 vlado 1920  mission-control shutdown:sleep                                           Disconnecting IM accounts before suspend/shutdown... delay
code           1000 vlado 68675 code            sleep                                                    Application cleanup before suspend                   delay
vlado          1000 vlado 2067  gsd-media-keys  handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key GNOME handling keypresses                            block
vlado          1000 vlado 2067  gsd-media-keys  sleep                                                    GNOME handling keypresses                            delay
vlado          1000 vlado 2068  gsd-power       sleep                                                    GNOME needs to lock the screen                       delay

7 inhibitors listed.

Looks like "vlado          1000 vlado 2067  gsd-media-keys" blocks everything

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#8 2021-09-03 14:02:48

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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

% systemd-inhibit --list
% qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver

Those are two commands. But afaics gnome-screensaver doesn't expose inhibitors anyway.

It blocks the power keys, that's not related to screen locking/dpms. Is this while the screen won't turn off?

See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1991134 - some™ process might go rogue for both of you (though that would break the DPMS you forced in #5 pretty much immediately)

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#9 2021-09-08 11:56:32

vladimir.darak
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Currently monitor won't turn of automatically after period from settings. Same problem when I lock teh computer.

systemd-inhibit --list
WHO            UID  USER  PID    COMM            WHAT                                                     WHY                                                  MODE 
NetworkManager 0    root  448    NetworkManager  sleep                                                    NetworkManager needs to turn off networks            delay
GNOME Shell    1000 vlado 1190   gnome-shell     sleep                                                    GNOME needs to lock the screen                       delay
Telepathy      1000 vlado 1251   mission-control shutdown:sleep                                           Disconnecting IM accounts before suspend/shutdown... delay
code           1000 vlado 128852 code            sleep                                                    Application cleanup before suspend                   delay
vlado          1000 vlado 1413   gsd-media-keys  handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key GNOME handling keypresses                            block
vlado          1000 vlado 1413   gsd-media-keys  sleep                                                    GNOME handling keypresses                            delay
vlado          1000 vlado 1415   gsd-power       sleep 
$ qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver
signal void org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.PropertiesChanged(QString interface_name, QVariantMap changed_properties, QStringList invalidated_properties)
method QDBusVariant org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get(QString interface_name, QString property_name)
method QVariantMap org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll(QString interface_name)
method void org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set(QString interface_name, QString property_name, QDBusVariant value)
method QString org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect()
method QString org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer.GetMachineId()
method void org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer.Ping()
signal void org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.ActiveChanged(bool arg_0)
method bool org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.GetActive()
method uint org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.GetActiveTime()
method uint org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.GetSessionIdleTime()
method uint org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.Inhibit(QString application_name, QString reason_for_inhibit)
method void org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.Lock()
method bool org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.SetActive(bool e)
method void org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.SimulateUserActivity()
method uint org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.Throttle(QString application_name, QString reason_for_inhibit)
method void org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.UnInhibit(uint cookie)
method void org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.UnThrottle(uint cookie)

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#10 2021-09-08 14:33:23

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Did you see the thread I linked in #8 and do you get likewise spurious input?
The other thread was resolved by updating linux 5.13.12 to 5.13.13

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#11 2021-09-10 14:16:29

vladimir.darak
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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Many thanks! I found the issue. Problem is with my web camera. When I pull out USB from my computer and push it back, all works fine. Currently I'm on kernel 5.13.13-arch1-1

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#12 2021-09-10 14:42:54

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Re: [SOLVED] Monitor won't turn off after lock screen

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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