Bazzite goes to sleep while I'm in a discord voice call

Bazzite keeps dimming the screen, locking, and going to sleep while I'm in a voice call. I don't want it to. It should be able to count the microphone as a user input, or count as constantly active when connected to voice. Ideally I'd like this to apply to any teleconferencing apps such as Zoom or Teams so that this can be avoided during work meetings and interviews too.

Solution

Thank you. I guess what I want isn't possible until Discord fixes their shit.

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HikariKnight•1/21/25, 7:45 AM

if the application itself has not marked itself as a media application (or similar), you can force it to be one by using

systemd-inhibit

systemd-inhibit

essentially you would have to change the shortcuts so they run

systemd-inhibit whatever the command to run the application is

systemd-inhibit whatever the command to run the application is

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 7:46 AM

for more info see

systemd-inhibit --help

systemd-inhibit --help

Vi-OP•1/21/25, 8:12 AM

If I use that, will it mean Discord merely being open inhibits sleep? Or just when I'm in a call?

VVi-If I use that, will it mean Discord merely being open inhibits sleep? Or just wh...

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 8:15 AM

merely being open

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 8:15 AM

if you want it smarter the developer of the application has to mark it correctly when you enter/leave calls

Vi-OP•1/21/25, 8:17 AM

And I take it Discord has not, and I can't do so manually?

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 8:18 AM

doing it manually would just have a script that opens anything with systemd-inhibit and when youre done you close the program

Solution

Vi-•1/21/25, 8:19 AM

Thank you. I guess what I want isn't possible until Discord fixes their shit.

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 8:19 AM

based on how long it took for us to get wayland screensharing, maybe in 2030?

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 8:20 AM

would have to report the lack of the feature to them though

Vi-OP•1/21/25, 8:20 AM

Discord refuses to listen when I say I don't want to be asked how My call went, and now that'll come in handy

Vi-OP•1/21/25, 8:21 AM

I'm gonna spam their butts with this complaint

VVi-I'm gonna spam their butts with this complaint

HikariKnight•1/21/25, 8:22 AM

being an ass will get you nowhere

Vi-OP•1/21/25, 8:23 AM

There's nothing assy about spamming an app's feedback popups with the same issue a hundred times.

Vi-OP•1/21/25, 8:24 AM

I'm sure they use data analytics to sort the feedback rather than reading each one

Bazzite goes to sleep while I'm in a discord voice call

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