Monitors won't stay off in X11 or Wayland (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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What it says on the tin. Power management is set to turn my monitors off after a set amount of time. They all instantly come back on. I have resorted to using a screen saver in X11 until this is solved.

Three monitors, different brands: one hdmi->hdmi, one dp->hdmi, dp->dvi (pc->monitor)

Only one of the monitors have input auto-switching and that is disabled.

I am losing my mind even the cli xset dpms force off (X11) or kscreen-doctor --dpms off (Wayland) just has them come back on seconds later.

All the A/V cables are new.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Do they have buttons you can use to turn them off?

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Yes they do and I actually narrowed it down to one monitor being the issue. When it's removed from the set, the other two sleep fine.

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