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Re: How to avoid screen blanking?



Felix Koop, 25.02.2012:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> I do not have that command (gnome-screensaver-preferences) installed and
> did not find it in any debian SID package. I am using Debian SID. Do you
> also use SID and can tell me in which package this command is?

It's in gnome-screensaver:

$ apt-file search gnome-screensaver-preferences
gnome-screensaver: /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-preferences
...


> -- 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> 
> Felix Koop
> 
> 
> 
> Am Samstag, den 25.02.2012, 15:19 -0500 schrieb Rob Owens: 
> > Sorry, forgot to cc you.
> > -Rob
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> -----
> > 
> > Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:17:41 -0500
> > From: Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: How to avoid screen blanking?
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 08:39:43PM +0100, Felix Koop wrote:
> > > Thanks for your answers. Please keep me on cc as I am currently not
> > > subscribed to this list.
> > > 
> > > I tried "xset dpms force off" but that would blank the screen directly.
> > > "xset -dpms" will switch dpms off (at least according to "xset q", but
> > > will not stop the blanking. Same with xset s off or xset s 0. Both
> > > settings do not help. I also commented out the "Option DPMS" in
> > > xorg.conf file, but somehow this seems to come back in as "xset q" after
> > > logging in will show DPMS as enabled.
> > > 
> > > Yes, I am using gnome and my window manager is gdm3. I tried searching
> > > power settings under org.gnome in dconf-editor, but did not find any.
> > > Could you be more specific where they should be? Or do I need to install
> > > any package to have those settings available?
> > > 
> > Try running gnome-screensaver-preferences
> > 
> > You can uncheck "activate screensaver when computer is idle"
> > 
> > -Rob
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
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