I have a home built pc that was running Ubuntu 24.05. I recently changed over to Zorin 18. I have a problem that shows up on both systems. The screen never blanks. When I reboot, it will work fine for a few days. I'm thinking Wayland problem, but I don't know how to troubleshoot it. (I prefer Wayland to use an Android game that I love)
You could start with testing if it really is a Wayland Issue with switching to Xorg and check if this Behavior is still happen or not.
To switch, go to the Login Screen. Click there on Your Profile so that the Password Field appears. When it is appeared, You should see a Gear Icon in the bottom right Corner. Click on it and choose the Option ''Zorin Desktop on Xorg'' and then log in.
You could aslo check the Settings in Settings>Energy/Power and Setttings>Privacy>Lock Screen and look how these are set up.
I switched to Xorg and blanking works. I then switched back to Wayland and it still works. So now I know that logging out cures it. I will leave it in Xorg for a few days to see if blanking fails again, then I will report back.
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Must be Wayland, it worked okay for 3 days under xorg, but fails shortly after logging into Wayland. Still searching for troubleshooting method.
Then, I would suggest to stay on Xorg. Could You post Your Hardware Specs?
There is an Android Sudoku game which I run on Waydroid, thus I am unwilling to stay on Xorg. I'm willing to post hardware specs but not sure how to do it.
When You know Your Hardware Specs (CPU, GPU, RAM etc.), You can simply write them down here.
rich@rich-A520M-S2H:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
Desktop: GNOME v: 46.0 Distro: Zorin OS 18 base: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: A520M S2H v: -CF
serial:
Mobo: Gigabyte model: A520M S2H v: x.x serial:
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F18 date: 03/22/2024
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3933 high: 4323 min/max: 400/4465 boost: enabled cores:
1: 3868 2: 3864 3: 3869 4: 3854 5: 4323 6: 3867 7: 3816 8: 3940 9: 3662
10: 4176 11: 3651 12: 4317 bogomips: 93428
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 bus-ID: 04:00.0
temp: 32.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 23.2.6 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,radeonsi,swrast platforms:
active: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa
v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD
Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.61 6.14.0-37-generic)
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.1
Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.6
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-37-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
IF-ID-1: lxcbr0 state: down mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
bus-ID: 1-3:2
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: bt-v: 4.0
lmp-v: 6
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 430.28 GiB (30.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 148.74 GiB (16.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 793.4 MiB (38.7%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.6 C mobo: 29.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.13 GiB used: 4.22 GiB (59.1%)
Processes: 369 Uptime: 2d 23h 46m Init: systemd target: graphical (5)
Do You have Fractional Scaling in Settings>Displays active?
I do now, I'll let you know if that was it, Thanks
Nope, that didn’t fix it, still won't blank unless I log out, then it works for a day or two.