SUMMARY After closing an application, there is still a message in batterymonitor that sleep and locking are blocked but the app name is missing and there is no way to clear it. Image: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/uploads/3530c1737b00dae70d21ca16f8c48b50/image.png So far this has happened to me twice in a row after ending a Zoom session and closing the app. Only rebooting clears the message and wakelock. I'm happy to try to troubleshoot if you can point me in the right direction. Thanks. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Launch and use Zoom, a message indicating it is preventing sleep is displayed 2. Close Zoom OBSERVED RESULT The message "is currently blocking sleep and screen locking (webcam in use)" is still displayed, but no application name is shown and it can't be cleared. EXPECTED RESULT The message should disappear and sleep should return to normal. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220605 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.18.1-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 520
Notice how the reason is still there ("Webcam in use") but the app name at the beginning of the sentence is blank. This means that Zoom didn't properly release the webcam when it quit. This is an app bug, and you'll need to report it to the Zoom developers.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Notice how the reason is still there ("Webcam in use") but the app name at > the beginning of the sentence is blank. > > This means that Zoom didn't properly release the webcam when it quit. This > is an app bug, and you'll need to report it to the Zoom developers. That does not surprise me at all... but thanks for confirming. I will raise it with them. In the meantime, how does Plasma get this information and is there any way to clear it without a reboot?
Not yet I'm afraid. See Bug 423745.