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Re: prevent debian from sleeping



On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 11:41:15 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote:

> Hi, all - 
> Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup
> my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy.
> 
> The .xinitrc contains the following - 
> xset s off	# don't activate screensaver
> xset -dpms	# disable DPMS (energy star) features
> xset s noblank	# don't blank the video device

At this stage I do not have the intention of taking more than a cursory
look at your problem. But what strikes me is that you seem to place some
confidence in using a .xinitrc. Why is that? Debian (startx and the
*dms) will take no notice of it. The list archives will help you out on
this.


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