[Powerdevil] [Bug 369129] New: Powerdevil does not provide a way to inhibit screen saving

[Manuel Amador via KDE Bugzilla (Rudd-O)]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369129

            Bug ID: 369129
           Summary: Powerdevil does not provide a way to inhibit screen
                    saving
           Product: Powerdevil
           Version: 5.7.3
          Platform: Other
                OS: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: plasma-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: rudd-o at rudd-o.com

The D-Bus interface in Powerdevil (specifically the inhibitor interface) does
not provide a working way that will let me inhibit screen saving (BUT,
importantly, NOT the screen locker).

What I am looking for is a D-Bus call that will let me inhibit DPMS power save
on all screens of the session, while allowing the screen saver to kick in and
display itself (even if it's the blank screen saver), and the screen locker to
activate.

I know I can tell the screen locker to inhibit itself, but that is the opposite
of what I want, and furthermore does not prevent DPMS standby from kicking in.

This is important because I am writing a PulseAudio policy module that will
prevent screen blanking on HDMI devices when HDMI audio out is being used (DPMS
standby kills the audio stream as soon as it kicks in).

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

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