Re: prevent debian from sleeping
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 05:34:17AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:41:15AM -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
> >
> > exec /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager # start lxde
>
> I start the x server with startx and have no desktop environment, and
> have simply this in my window manager (fluxbox) startup file:
>
> xset s off
> xset -dpms
Correct me if I'm being a bit dim, but why have a screensaver installed
if it is deactivated each time you start the GUI? I would suggest a
saner way would be to purge the screensaver from the system.
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