Bug 513961

Summary:	Power button does not work when set to "Hibernate" or "Sleep"
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	krisrh21
Component:	Power management & brightness	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.3
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description krisrh21 2025-12-29 18:03:23 UTC

SUMMARY
After setting "When power button pressed" to either "Hibernate" or "Sleep", nothing happens when the power button is pressed.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In "System Settings"/"Power Management", set "When power button pressed" to either "Hibernate" or "Sleep".
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OBSERVED RESULT
Pressing the power button does nothing.

EXPECTED RESULT
Pressing the power button should either hibernate the PC or enter sleep mode.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.9-300.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)

Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i3-7100U CPU @ 2.40GHz
Memory:  16 GiB of RAM

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I can confirm when "When power button pressed" is set to "Turn off screen", my laptops screen does turn off. I can also confirm my laptop does hibernate and enter sleep mode when these options is selected in "Application Launcher".

I also want to point out that, I setup Fedora Linux with a 16 GiB swap partition.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-01-08 20:27:49 UTC

Can you try this in a new clean user account with no other customizations? Does it also happen there?