Bug 495738

Summary: Turn off monitor power save when mirroring screen
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Bernhard Breinbauer <bernhard>
Component: Power management & brightnessAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: jpetso, natalie_clarius, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
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Description Bernhard Breinbauer 2024-11-03 08:19:27 UTC
When screen mirroring is used, the monitor will enter power save mode after some time.
As plasma is enabling do-not-disturb when screen mirroring is used (because it guesses a presentation is ongoing), the same should apply to power safe mode. It should be disabled while screen mirroring is active.
Discussion here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/disable-screen-lock-while-presenting/23934/4

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Attach external monitor an mirror the screen
2. Wait some time
3. Displays will enter power save mode

EXPECTED RESULT
Display should not turn off when screen mirroring is active.

Operating System: Manjaro Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.13-3-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1340P
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: Framework
Product Name: Laptop (13th Gen Intel Core)
System Version: A4
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-11-04 19:30:27 UTC
Seems reasonable to me, using the same logic with which we currently disable notifications while mirrored.