https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457859
--- Comment #13 from Natalie Clarius <natalie_clar...@yahoo.de> --- I can't reproduce the comment described in the original post either. As for https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457859#c2; sleep inhibitions not being respected on lid close would be a different issue and best discussed in a separate bug report. However I would consider this behavior intentional. I think that inhibition makes sense for preventing the computer from *automatically* going to sleep when the system is considered idle because no user activity is detected while there actually is activity, e.g. watching a video. When the user closes the lid or presses the power button, this is an intentional action so I would expect the system to go to sleep anyway. > If the user wants to just inhibit the lid close action, then they should > inhibit "handle-lid-switch". I would like to use that so I can take my laptop > from room to room, while it is still running, without having to carry it with > the screen open - it is mighty uncomfortable and as far as I know this was > the original impetus for inhibiting. There is no user-facing setting for this though. > If the user wants to just inhibit the lid close action, then they should > inhibit "handle-lid-switch". I would like to use that so I can take my laptop > from room to room, while it is still running, without having to carry it with > the screen open - it is mighty uncomfortable and as far as I know this was > the original impetus for inhibiting. This seems like a bit of a corner case to me: Having the system configured to sleep on lid close and having an active inhibition ongoing and carrying the laptop to a different room and not wanting to keep it open by doing so. Imo, the slight inconvenience of having to keep the laptop open in this scenario is outweighed by the effects that blocking sleep unconditionally would have. A user might close their laptop to carry it in their bag, expecting it to go to sleep, and instead the machine would keep running, potentially causing it to overheat. > Specifically, when I toggle the "Manually block sleep and screen locking" > button in the PowerDevil Plasma widget, I expect my computer to not sleep for > any reason - including closing the laptop lid or pressing the suspend key. Fwiw, the wording for this in the applet has just been clarified; the inhibition section now has a caption which reads "Automatic Sleep and and Screen Locking after Inactivity". -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
