Fortunately that's already the case. An app in Unity8 is always asking Unity8 to ask USC to turn the screen off. Unity8 already has the option of rejecting it, in theory.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1521403 Title: Unity8 crashes on suspend/standby with SIGSEGV in Screen::makeCurrent (./src/platforms/mirserver/screen.cpp:406) Status in Canonical System Image: In Progress Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unity8. This problem was most recently seen with version 8.11+15.04.20151130.1-0ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/6cee045a96ab5c9a03847aeb290f4860eea1034d contains more details. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1521403/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp