Re: Chromium prevents screen going into power saving mode

[Libor Klepáč <libor.klepac@bcom.cz>]

Hi,

i use teams for linux, which uses chromium to show "the app".

Problem is, that chromium inhibits power management during upload or download.
And teams app save something to server every few seconds ..
https://github.com/ivelkov/teams-for-linux/issues/10

Libor



On neděle 9. září 2018 21:09:52 CEST inkbottle wrote:
> On my laptop, screen usually goes into power saving mode, after a few tens
> of seconds. (this laptop never goes to sleep, generally speaking, but I
> like the screen to turn itself off nevertheless)
> 
> In contrast, when I have an opened Chromium window, screen often never goes
> into power saving mode.
> 
> I haven't found any comments, nowhere, regarding that, on the net.
> 
> I might want to file a bug about that, but since it might be "desktop
> dependent", I prefer to ask you if you have observed this situation.
> 
> I can't see anything, but Chromium, at the origin of the screen remaining
> turned on forever; occurrences point very consistently in that direction.
> 
> Pages that were opened this time, were:
> 
> Two google search pages;
> 
> Five pages there: https://orgmode.org/worg/ and
> there: https://orgmode.org/manual/
> 
> And that: https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb/
> 
> So, as it is this time, nothing with aggressive advertising, or auto-playing
> videos, or whatever in that line.
> 
> That issue, which I might be alone experiencing, is quite cumbersome, since
> it forces me to close Chromium, even though I haven't finished reading what
> it is I'm reading; that if I want my screen not to be prevented to go in
> power saving mode.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris