Re: xset +dpms is not controlling monitor powerdown on raspberry pi 3b
On Sunday 08 January 2017 18:21:25 Alan Corey wrote:
> I doubt xscreensaver is any default, KDE and probably Gnome have their
> own forks of it because it doesn't get along with their stuff. Some
> of the neatest screensavers need OpenGL, there are about 200 different
> ones, it's been around at least 20 years. It's a framework that brings
> up contributed programs when desired then closes them. It's a big
> deal.
>
> In the Pi environment where the GPU is the boss and the CPU runs under
> it, having a program like tvservice that controls the GPU can be
> useful. 2 of my 3 monitors are too old for the fancy EDID stuff to
> work, so I still don't have quite the video modes I'd like. This
> monitor I'm using has a max resolution of 1280x1024 but I'm running at
> 102x768 because the 1280x1024 blanks out once every couple minutes,
> there's something in the timing a tiny bit off. The Pi can also do CVT
> (Consolidated Video Timing), a little like modelines. Modelines and
> xvidtune probably don't work.
>
> So does this Pi run a milling machine or something?
A nominally 1500 lb Sheldon lathe that is about 65 years old. The
compound the toolpost sits on was apparently broken, possibly by falling
over onto it. That, since the computer makes a compound slide a
duplication of efforts, has been replaced by several lbs of machined
cast iron, rendering the toolpost support at least 10x more rigid than
when it was new. IOW a huge improvement in the overall function. I also
have a 7x12 that has had the same conversion, and a tapered gib
conversion I built, and with the 1 hp motor, is now a lathe that can do
a very good finish that can do its operations much faster and about 10x
more precise than when it was new many years ago.
Then this ones crossfeed screw was ok, but the nut was a mess, so ball
screws and nuts were installed. But I am having problems with electrical
noise getting into things, so I am slowly redoing the grounding into a
single bolt star ground. But I need to go out and get a couple boxes of
#10 ring lugs before I can do much more. The garage is insulated and
heated well, but its 13F with 5" coat of snow on both vehicles. So I'm
hibernating, like any self-respecting & long retired old bear. :)
> I think there are
> keyboards like modern phones that have no "keys", they're capacitive
> pads under a flat glass or plastic cover so nothing can get into them.
> The only machine tools I've run were several decades too old to have
> computers. Good to learn on, but totally manual.
>
> On 1/8/17, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 January 2017 13:19:42 Alan Corey wrote:
> >> My workaround is to leave the Pi on and only turn on the monitor
> >> when I sit down at it. I used to love xscreensaver but it was
> >> impractical. Some of those "hacks" didn't exit cleanly.
> >
> > tvervice doesn't sound all that usefull from here.
It sounds as if it needs to be run before you walk away for the night.
> >
> > Another thing is that at bootup, the screensaver starts up
> > instantly, and it takes a tap on the spacebar to get the opening
> > gui. Possibly a mouse movement might kill it too, but the mouse is
> > currently sitting on a nema 34 motor to the left of the keyboard and
> > down 4 inches, and the keyboard is on the motormount bracket. Much
> > handier to reach IOW.
> >
> > I need to make a small table for both to live on, with a swarf
> > deflecting roof over it. Although this particular keyboard could be
> > covered with something like Saran Wrap if it was short stroke
> > enough. But the angled so the swarf slides off to the rear "roof"
> > and a swing up cover over the chuck that resembles a tire balancer's
> > cover can go quite a ways toward keeping the keyboard clean enough
> > to work.
> >
> > Only straight sided keytops allowed though. The usual tapered sided
> > keytop will let a piece of swarf follow the key down, then wedge it
> > in the down position & you get a run away motion if driving it by
> > hand and the key sticks down.
> >
> > "Swarf" for the edification is the flying cuttings, usually steel,
> > from the cutting tool when its running.
> >
> > Back on the topic of this thread, is this xscreensaver the default?
> > Its running, and I found the control file, and dpms was set false. I
> > set it to True just for S & G.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > --
> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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