Bug 500858 - Can't turn on laptop display if plug in and out external monitor when lid close, with "turn off screen when lid off" in power settings.
Summary: Can't turn on laptop display if plug in and out external monitor when lid clo...
Status: RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: multi-screen (show other bugs)
Version: 6.3.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: multiscreen
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Reported: 2025-02-28 10:11 UTC by Wind He
Modified: 2025-03-23 15:32 UTC (History)
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Description Wind He 2025-02-28 10:11:20 UTC 
SUMMARY

With "turn off screen when lid off" in power settings, close lid and plug in external monitor, then plug out, internal monitor never turn back even if I press some keys.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. "turn off screen when lid off" in power settings
2. Close laptop lid
3. Plug in external monitor, wait it to display, disable laptop monitor
4. Pug out external monitor
5. Open lid, press whatever keys.

OBSERVED RESULT

Still black on laptop monitor. When I press some keys, journal says:

```
kwin_wayland_drm: Setting dpms mode failed!
```

I should only restart kwin-wayland to restore it.

EXPECTED RESULT

With any user interaction, internal monitor turn back.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.2-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: OMEN by HP Laptop 16-b1xxx

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For lid open, we have had https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486604

Configure plasma to lock screen when close lid is a workaround.

MUST keep lid close when plug in external monitor can reproduce is.
Comment 1 Wind He 2025-03-03 15:49:50 UTC 
Edit:
Even if I set "lockscreen when lid close" instead of "close screen", it also happen, sometimes.
Comment 2 Zamundaaa 2025-03-06 22:38:00 UTC 
I can't replicate this issue on my laptop.

Please get a drm debug log for when KWin tries to enable the display but fails. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/wikis/Debugging/Debugging-DRM-issues describes describes how to do that
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-21 03:47:05 UTC 
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Comment 4 Wind He 2025-03-23 15:32:54 UTC 
Can't reproduce since 6.3.3. Thanks for your good works.