Re: dpms control?
On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:10:40 davidson wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Brian wrote:
> > On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Greetings all;
> >> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks
> >> in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I
> >> shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a
> >> device to rock the mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals seems
> >> like a huge waste of time and metal cutting tools to make it.
> >>
> >> So, how can I kill the blanker for several hours or all day/night
> >> if need be?
> >
> > In my .xsession I have
> >
> > xset -dpms
> > xset s off
> > xset s noblank
> >
> > It works for me.
>
> You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
So it would seem, but none of that works.
> https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/16072015192917.eecaf079bf10@desk
>top.copernicus.demon.co.uk To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
> From: Brian [address snipped]
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:35:04 +0100
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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