Machine: Device: desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: p6754y serial: N/A Kubuntu 18.04 has been so stable up until this problem.Ĭode: System: Host: athena Kernel: 4.15.0-24-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.6 (Qt 5.9.5) Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS I really hate the idea of having to switch to another distro.

I really don't want to burn out my monitors, so if anyone has any clue as to how to either diagnose or fix this problem I'd appreciate it. This started for whatever reason either after an update day or after I ran Bleachbit using standard settings (non sudo). So I unplugged it, rebooted, and after the few hours that it worked properly, it went right back to ignoring the PM settings. Perhaps it was the external hard drive that kept the screen on. I considered that this might be a hardware issue. that includes apps that I have that run in the background like Albert and Plex Media Server. That's not the case here as I've disabled every app that I've installed immediately after a fresh reboot, and it still does it. Now I've seen this before on other distros and DEs, but normally it's a certain app or maybe a browser tab that is keeping the screen on. After which, the settings kick in fine for a few hours, and then it goes back to the screens staying on forever.

The only solution I've found so far that fixes this is a complete reboot. In other words, it won't blank the screen after the set 15 minutes, which leads to the monitors just staying on forever. I'm posting here because I'm almost positive this is a software problem.įor whatever reason, my Kubuntu (18.04) installation will not follow the power management setting's I've enabled.

I'm not sure if I'm even posting this in the correct spot, so if I'm not I apologize.

For mac instal BleachBit 4.6.0