Bug 350771

Summary: Screen doesn't turn off when downloading a file
Product: [Plasma] Powerdevil Reporter: Martin Klapetek <mklapetek>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Development Mailing List <plasma-devel>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: amrecio, kde
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Martin Klapetek 2015-07-29 20:11:19 UTC
I left my Chrome downloading a huge file and when I got back after hours, the screen was still shining bright.

I think that downloading a file shouldn't prevent the screen from turning off as the screen does not need to stay on.

Chrome does announce "downloading a file" but I do not know if that is parseable (if it sets like an enum or somesuch). If it is however, I think it should still turn screen off but _not_ suspend the session while download is in progress; there's no need for screen to stay on during downloads.
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2015-07-29 20:16:23 UTC
Unfortunately the Freedesktop inhibition interface, in contrast to Solid's, only knows everything on or off, so we can either have the screen turn off during a video, or not during a download. The reason stated is just a string, so nothing we could parse. Sorry.