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211009 Jack wrote: |
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> On 2021.10.09 01:29, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> I have Xscreensaver started by .xinit & it runs as it should ; |
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>> each saver is set to run for 3 min . |
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>> When I'm asleep, I kill Xscreensaver |
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>> & the monitor blanks after 5 min , which is also what is expected. |
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>> However, something is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min , |
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>> even when Xscreensaver is running. The 1st saver runs for 3 min , |
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>> then the next one starts & runs for 2 min , then the screen blanks. |
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>> When I hit a key or move the mouse, the screen wakes up |
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>> & if there's no activity for 5 min Xscreensaver takes over |
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>> & the savers run for 5 min before the screen blanks again. |
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>> Instead, the savers should run continually till activity resumes. |
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>> Can anyone suggest what is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min |
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>> regardless of whether Xscreensaver is running or not ? |
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> I don't really have an answer, but try "xset -q" |
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> and look at the results for both Screen Saver and for DPMS. |
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> I don't know how they get set if you don't explicitly set them, |
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> but you may want to do so for more understandable control of your system. |
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root:513 src> xset -q |
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Keyboard Control: |
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auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002 |
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XKB indicators: |
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00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: on 02: Scroll Lock: off |
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03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off |
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06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off |
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09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off |
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12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off |
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auto repeat delay: 600 repeat rate: 25 |
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auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf |
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fadfffefffedffff |
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9fffffffffffffff |
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fff7ffffffffffff |
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bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 |
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Pointer Control: |
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acceleration: 20/10 threshold: 4 |
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Screen Saver: |
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prefer blanking: no allow exposures: no |
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timeout: 0 cycle: 0 |
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Colors: |
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default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff |
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Font Path: |
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/usr/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,built-ins |
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DPMS (Energy Star): |
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Standby: 7200 Suspend: 7200 Off: 14400 |
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DPMS is Disabled |
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-- end of output -- |
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'man xset' tells you how to use it, ie 'xset <settings>', |
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so that's how you alter items, if you want. |
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does anyone have any further suggestions (thanks for this one) ? |
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