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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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