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reharish

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Registered: 2024-07-12

Posts: 1

System power saving options are disabled

Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/comments/ … _disabled/

$ xfce4-power-manager --dump

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       Xfce power manager version 4.16.0
With policykit support
With network manager support
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Can suspend: False
Can hibernate: False
Authorized to suspend: False
Authorized to hibernate: False
Authorized to shutdown: True
Has battery: True
Has brightness panel: True
Has power button: True
Has hibernate button: True
Has sleep button: True
Has battery button: True
Has LID: True

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cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf

[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend
#HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#HoldoffTimeoutSec=30s
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
#RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
#RemoveIPC=yes
#InhibitorsMax=8192
#SessionsMax=8192
#UserTasksMax=33%

```

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,481

Re: System power saving options are disabled

What happens if you move the "when inactive for" slider to the right away from "Never"? Does that re-enable the dropdown from above?

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