2 mo. ago • 100%

What's the command to keep screen awake (prevent lockscreen)?

I know how to do it in the battery section through the GUI, but I'd like to set it up through a command, for automation purposes, and particularly for KDE Connect commands.

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Not KDE but might be similar: For the MATE desktop it is mate-screensaver-command --inhibit. I would expect something similar for KDE.

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There is kde-inhibit --screenSaver <command> provided by KDE.

But these days, I would just recommend everyone to use systemd-inhibit --what=idle --why=<because> --who=<myself> <command> instead. Works across desktops and does the same thing.

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- What should I put in the <command> part?
  
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  Anything that runs as long as you want the block to be. Usually sleep is a good one, use sleep infinity if you want the blocker to never go away until the systemd-inhibit process is killed manually.
  
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I don't know if this fits your use case (you didn't describe what you want to achieve in detail), but commands that can possible help if the screen did lock (or turn off):

Unlock the lockscreen: loginctl unlock-screen

Turn on the screen: kscreen-doctor --dpms on
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- Wasn't that. I want to keep the screen on. No sleep, no lockscreen, no blackscreen, etc.
  
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