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Laptop dims screen and sleeps despite trackpad and keyboard inputs #157

@FarmYard-Gaming

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@FarmYard-Gaming

Distribution

Mint 22.2

Package version

6.4.8

Graphics hardware in use

AMD Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6]

Frequency

Always

Bug description

Upon normal use of the operating system, the screen begins to dim assuming inactivity then cause the device to enter sleep mode, despite typing and trackpad inputs being used throughout. In my case, my laptop dims after 2 minutes and sleeps after 5.

Steps to reproduce

My last steps were playing Portal 2 with the -vulkan flag enabled on Wayland, then upon closing the game I navigated through ProtonDB (Firefox was already open in the background so I switched to it); clicking buttons, scrolling the page and typing in boxes. From the point of me closing the game the screen dimmed after 2 minutes, and after 5 sleep happened as I was typing the report title.
This is also happening as I type here on this website.

Navigating to YouTube un-dimmed the screen even before a video was played. Watching a video on its page or in fullscreen (for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvy9km7g6fw) didn't have this effect, but having it play in a background tab did at first.

Expected behavior

The laptop should not go to sleep when clicking, navigating via touchpad or typing in text fields (like this one), as it should prevent itself from sleeping when inputs are being detected.

Additional information

From system reports, here's my system info if you think it could help. https://termbin.com/gi6r.

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