Bug 495932

Summary:	Laptop can exclusively Lock OR Turn Off Screen but NOT BOTH?!
Product:	[Unmaintained] Powerdevil	Reporter:	Mike H <mystica>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	natalie_clarius, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Mike H 2024-11-07 17:52:56 UTC

KDE powerdevil seems to only have 2 states that are mutually exclusive:

Lock screen when laptop lid closed
OR
Turn off screen when laptop lid closed
BUT NOT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

Why?

When I close the screen I immediately want BOTH to occur. Lock, and turn off screen.
Why is this not a setting option?

There are workarounds "use xset dpms force off in a notifications menu when the screen locks" "use dbus-send to do it in wayland"

WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR A WORKAROUND?!

Every other OS, and DE for Linux seem to get this right, if you don't have them automatically suspend. And when I'm charging my laptop I don't want automatic suspend.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-11-08 22:07:40 UTC

Sure you can: on the Energy Management page, configure it so that closing the laptop lid puts the system to sleep, and then on the Screen Locking page, configure it to lock when waking from sleep.

In fact, what I described above is what the system is configured to do by default. So if this is not working for you, then either you or your distro changed those settings, or else there is a bug preventing something from working as expected.

Comment 2 Mike H 2024-11-13 07:22:12 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Sure you can: on the Energy Management page, configure it so that closing
> the laptop lid puts the system to sleep, and then on the Screen Locking
> page, configure it to lock when waking from sleep.

You missed the actual state I want: 
Screen Off; Locked; AWAKE.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-11-13 15:45:22 UTC

In that case, set the system to lock when closing the lid, and set a short timeout for turning off the screen while locked, like 10 seconds or something. That way the screen will end up locked, and very quickly turn off, but the system won't go to sleep.