Questions tagged [caffeine]

A status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode.

A status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode.

https://launchpad.net/caffeine

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Trusty: Caffeine doesn't appear in panel after update

There were a few ppa updates this morning, one of them was Caffeine . It was working fine initially, it does show up in the start up applications list but does not show up in the panel. I tried removing it and installing it but that didn't do…
LuckyBearing
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Ubuntu 20.04.1 / Caffeine Indicator does not appear in status bar

I recently updated from Ubuntu 18.04.4 to 20.04.1. Although Caffeine Indicator is listed in the Startup Applications ... ... it does not automatically appear in the top status bar after I log-in. This worked in the former Ubuntu version. Is there…
JJD
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How to get a lock-screen inhibitor like caffeine working in Ubuntu 24.04 or later?

I installed Xubuntu 24.04 from Xubuntu 22, but after installing caffeine (keeps desktop from locking) and trying to run the app it fails with following warning: /usr/bin/caffeine:24: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See…
naphelge
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Where can I find the config file for Caffeine extension?

I would like to configure Caffeine extension from its config file but I am not able to find it. Where does the Caffeine extension store its settings? dpkg -L caffeine does not show any config file: orschiro@x230:~$ dpkg -L caffeine /. /etc /etc/xdg…
orschiro
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Ubuntu hangs after clicking shutdown button in menu bar

Ubuntu 18.04 Thinkpad X1 Carbon 5th Gen When I click the shutdown button in the menu bar, Ubuntu occasionally hangs for ~30 seconds before opening the Shutdown/Reboot/Cancel window. I haven't been able to find a culprit and I haven't found another…
Andrew
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How to reach Caffeine settings

According to https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Caffeine/ there should appear a settings dialog, after rightclicking the Caffeine symbol. That does not work for me with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and Caffeine 2.9.4 How can I reach the settings? Caffeine settings
Puh
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Caffeine indicator won't enable

When I right click on the caffeine indicator and click activate nothing happens. It has worked fine up to now. I'm running Ubuntu Budgie 18.04. I tried terminating the processes (caffeine and caffeine indicator) then re-running them, but it didn't…
Glass Wizzard
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Shutdown dialog only appears after about 30 seconds in GNOME while using Caffeine extension

When I want to shutdown my PC I click the top right corner and then press the power button after which a dialog pops up with the options: power off, restart, cancel. Normally this pop up shows up right away. But since a week or so it takes about 30…
Tristan
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Preventing screen auto lock on lubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, using caffeine

I have caffeine 2.9.8 and lubuntu 20.04.3. I want to prevent screen auto-lock while i'm reading a pdf. In my typical usage i'm using Document Viewer (evince) in a normal window (not full screen) with caffeine activated through the indicator in…
mildmay
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Caffeine not working on Kubunte 18.10

Tried to install caffeine, and it's not working. I have Kubuntu 18.10, KDE Plazma 5.14.4 Do this way sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa sudo apt-get install caffeine And from default Kubunto repository ubuntu-cosmic-universe with…
Дмитрий Полянин
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Really strange problem with python

Firstly I have problem with caffeine: Caffeine doesn't work on Ubuntu 17.10 I didn't bind it with python. BTW, running ubuntu under Xorg didn't help. Secondly, I received strange error when was trying to test python program. I ran python3…
DeadUnicorn
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