screensaver vs dpms
jackson byers
byersjab at gmail.com
Sat Jan 2 18:25:00 UTC 2010
jackson byers wrote
>> $ uname -r
>> 2.6.30.9-102.fc11.i686.PAE
>> In my system, the screensaver (blanking the screen)
>> seems to be working as expected.
>> But, I am also experiencing occasional
>> dpms-like "suspend" blanking,
>> (I am sure it is "suspend" and not "standby")
>> which I don't want, and worse, I can't find out what is
>> causing this response.
>> I don't have an xorg.conf, and would rather keep it that way.
>> If I get out of X via ctl-alt-bs,
>> and then back in via startx,
>> then
>> xset q shows standby, suspend, off all at 0, ie disabled.
>> So what else in f11 can be exciting that "suspend"?
>> I have done some googling, but no help so far.
>> Are there F11 guidelines for using both screensaver and dpms?
tom horsley wrote
> Try "man xset" there is also a dpms option (and I've often
> noticed it fighting with gnome power manager).
yes, I have tried the xset dpms flags option
eg. 'xset dpms 1201 1801 2401'
and these stay set until i reboot or kill X
but I _think_ I have seen a stray "dpms-like suspend" occur
at least once even with those settings.
So it still looks to me like some other system control.
I am using gnome; so maybe gnome power manager
is doing something here.
My system is a desktop not laptop.
Do you have any more info as to just how in your case
xset dpms was fighting with gnome power manager?
Jack
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