https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471493

--- Comment #8 from Nickolas Grigoriadis <nagrigoria...@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to ilkerk from comment #7)
> (In reply to Nickolas Grigoriadis from comment #6)
> > Hi, I have the same symptoms (but a little worse).
> > 
> > If I use my notebook without an external monitor in wayland, the dGPU will
> > turn on/off as needed, but once I plug in an external monitor (used both the
> > DP and HDMI connectors on the notebook) and the compositor uses the external
> > display, it will never power down the dGPU even if everything is unplugged
> > and the notebook is on battery.
> > 
> > On X11 the dGPU will power down when unplugged and on battery.
> > 
> > The DP & HDMI ports on this notebook is connected to the dGPU. Internal
> > display is on iGPU.
> > 
> > I suspect that once the compositor uses a display port it keeps a handle
> > open to it, which inhibits the dGPU powering down at all.
> > 
> > My system:
> > Plasma Wayland 5.27.10 (Fedora 39 KDE)
> > kernel 6.6.8 (was the same on 6.5 series)
> > CPU/iGPU: AMD 4800H (renoir)
> > dGPU: AMD RX5600m 6GB
> > Notebook: MSI Alpha A4DEK
> > Using PPD for power management.
> 
> Does it turn it off if you go to compositor settings and change any setting? 
> (In my case it was turning it off about 30 seconds after changing a
> compositor setting)

I never tried before, I just tried it now, and unfortunately it never turned
the dGPU off.
If I log out of my session and re-login, then it will turn the dGPU off.

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