Screen/monitor timeout not working

[DaleB1970]

MX 23.2 using kernel 6.1.0-17
Screen / monitors do not go blank/black after a period of inactivity. I have looked at power management utility and adjusted timing there. Still does not work after inactivity. What other info is needed here for help?

Update: Screensaver shows up right after licking "suspend" button, right before going into suspend mode. When I pushed the spacebar this morning, PC came alive with the screensaver active. Then I moved the mouse and the PW prompt showed up.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto January 21  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: GA-870A-UD3 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-870A-UD3 v: x.x serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Award v: FD
    date: 03/09/2011
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> charge: 70% (should be ignored)
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech M510 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored)
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Phenom II X4 840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 level: v1 built: 2009-13
    process: AMD 45nm family: 0x10 (16) model-id: 5 stepping: 3 microcode: 0x10000C8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-4x64 KiB; i-4x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3200 boost: disabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 25717
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 525.147.05
    non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
    built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Webcam type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 6-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:085e class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 7680x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 2032x572mm (80.00x22.52")
    s-diag: 2111mm (83.11")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 pos: primary,left res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 154
    size: 632x360mm (24.88x14.17") diag: 727mm (28.64") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-1 pos: right res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 154 size: 632x360mm (24.88x14.17")
    diag: 727mm (28.64") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.147.05 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 3-2:3
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 0bda:49c5 class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Realtek USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Device-4: Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Webcam type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 6-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:085e class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 8e00 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Dynex Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter [Broadcom 1.12 BCM20702A0] type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 9-1:2 chip-ID: 19ff:0239 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 410e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 2000
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.09 TiB used: 26.35 GiB (0.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0A80
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKX-001CA0 size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1H15
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 464.74 GiB size: 456.37 GiB (98.20%) used: 26.24 GiB (5.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 105.2 MiB (10.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 46%
Repos:
  Packages: 2507 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2483 libs: 1365 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 24
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 275 Uptime: 11h 11m wakeups: 42 Memory: 7.75 GiB used: 2.16 GiB (27.8%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[j2mcgreg]

We are going to need your computer’s complete profile before we can proceed, so you need to post the output from the QSI utility. The Quick System Info (QSI) utility is located in MX Tools and its output is automatically formatted for use here in the forum. Run the QSI utility, click “Copy for Forum” at the bottom and then just paste it here in your thread.
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[Charlie Brown]

Right-click the battery icon on panel and uncheck the "presentation mode" if it's checked.

[DaleB1970]

Right-click the battery icon on panel and uncheck the "presentation mode" if it's checked.

Presentation was not checked.

[Charlie Brown]

That xfce4-screensaver is known to be buggy (a real trouble) since a long time (and yes, sadly there ootb). No matter this solves it or not just get rid of it (even not just disable etc) . You can install light-locker (if you like) to lock screen:

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sudo apt purge xfce4-screensaver -y ; sudo apt update ; sudo apt install light-locker -y

Reboot.

[indielinuxpower]

I find just deleting xfce4-screensaver and using xfce4-power-manager-settings only solves this. At least on my systems. Assuming you don't want a screen saver, and just want monitor to go blank or bring brightness to 1%, etc

[DaleB1970]

Thank you for both of those replies. Trying the light-locker.
Unable to locate package power manager settings.

[Charlie Brown]

... Unable to locate package power manager settings.

That's just the "Power Manager" from menu :)

[indielinuxpower]

Thank you for both of those replies. Trying the light-locker.
Unable to locate package power manager settings.

Using the Whisker Menu just search for "power", and the power manager should show up as an option. Open it and settings are there.