HTPC doesn't inhibit screensaver / blanking on Linux

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Been using HTPC from Flatpak, and it doesn’t inhibit the screen from blanking.

I am using Fedora 36 with GNOME. I manually triggered org.freedesktop.Screensaver’s inhibit function, and it works as expected. I verified that applications can inhibit the Screen Blank / sleep by running a video in SMPlayer, which kept the screens awake as expected.

Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173
Player Version#: Plex HTPC for Linux from Flatpak; Client Version 1.19.1.3076-b24239e5; Platform Version 21.08.14

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HTPC does do this inhibit. Perhaps there is something in flatpak which is breaking this.

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Is HTPC open source like previous apps?

If so I would be happy to dig into the source, maybe create a PR for a fix.

Otherwise let me know if you need testing.

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i have the same problem with the not HTPC Version from Install plex-desktop on Linux | Snap Store on MintLinux.

The BlankScreen is not disabled on Playing Movie in fullscreen.

that’s really bad.

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Duplicates Linux Desktop (snap) doesn't inherit a screensaver while playing media

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