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How to turn off display on KDE Plasma

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Turning off displays via the “Turn Off Screen” (configurable via System SettingsShortcutsPower ManagementTurn Off Screen) doesn’t work on my desktop machine with KDE Plasma. The displays go black for less than a second, and then they immediately turn back on.

The current workaround is to add a custom shortcut to run a custom command.

sleep 1; xset dpms force off