Re: prevent debian from sleeping
On Tuesday 16 June 2015 23:29:16 Brian wrote:
> On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 20:55:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 June 2015 19:12:53 Brian wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/Xinitrc
>
> The sting is in the tail:
>
> Note that ~/.xinitrc is only for configuring the initialization
> of xinit. If you want the script to be called when ever an
> X Session is started, then you should instead use ~/.xsession.
>
> > Sorry, Brian. I've been stuck on this for ages. Running xset -dpms is
> > so easy that I hvaen't put much energy into it. But I can find nothing
> > for Debian, only for Ubuntu, and the above is what I got when I searched
> > for ".xinitrc deprecated in debian"
>
> The OP is very, very likely not to be using xinit to start X so a
> ~/.xinitrc is the last thing which is wanted. Unless he has special
> requirements, of course. The problem is that references to ~/.xinitrc
> are all over the web, even in a Debian context. Its exposure is enough
> to lead users down the wrong path on Debian time after time.
>
> It may or may not be the root of the OP's problem but it doesn't help to
> use an inappropriate file when calling X.
>
> > I can find nothing other than writing an xorg.conf, and therein lies a
> > minefield.
>
> It shouldn't be needed. I have exactly the same three commands as the OP
> in the ~/.xession file on my media machine. The TV never blanks.
> ~/.xsessionrc would also probably be a suitable place for the commands.
> On the other hand the machine is only running a basic window manager,
> spectrwm. I do not know how the behaviour changes with complex DEs or
> with screensavers.
Thanks, Brian. I'll try the dpms line in ~/.xsession. My screensaver is
successfully turned off just by turning off the screensaver!
Lisi
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