gnome-shell-extension-caffeine

Disable screensaver and auto suspend

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gnome-shell-extension-caffeine

Enable / disable auto suspend with quick setting toggle.

Version

This extension supports GNOME Shell 3.4 -> 45

Branch Version Compatible GNOME version
master 53 GNOME 45 -> 46
gnome-shell-43-44 51 GNOME 43 -> 44
gnome-shell-40-42 42 GNOME 40 -> 42
gnome-shell-3.36-3.38 37 GNOME 3.36 -> 3.38
gnome-shell-3.32-3.34 33 GNOME 3.32 -> 3.34
gnome-shell-3.10-3.30 - GNOME 3.10 -> 3.30
gnome-shell-before-3.10 - GNOME 3.4 -> 3.8

Installation From source

make build
make install
  • Restart the shell
  • Enable the extension

Screenshots & features

Scroll Indicator Icon

You can scroll on the indicator icon to enable / disable auto suspend:

  • Scroll up -> Filled cup: Caffeine enabled
  • Scroll down -> Empty cup: Caffeine disabled

Note: the option "Show status indicator" must be set on "always" (see below).

Notifications

Timer option

This option enable Caffeine for a given amount of time (similar to Caffeine in LineageOS).

Preferences

CLI

  • Get current state:
    gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ get org.gnome.shell.extensions.caffeine toggle-state
    
  • Enable Caffeine:
    gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ set org.gnome.shell.extensions.caffeine toggle-state true
    
  • Disable Caffeine:
    gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ set org.gnome.shell.extensions.caffeine toggle-state false
    

--schemadir — path to the extension schemas directory. It may be different on your system.