Re: dpms control?
On Saturday 27 June 2020 11:26:32 davidson wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 26 June 2020 15:46:15 davidson wrote:
> >> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 20:57:38 David Wright wrote:
> >>>> On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 20:37:09 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 20:13:08 davidson wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, 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?
>
> ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>
> Mark that goal post.
>
> >>>>> [... davidson wrote:]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Since we seem to be troubleshooting, what is the output of
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> $ xset q
> >>>>>
> >>>>> gene@coyote:/media$ xset q
>
> [snip]
>
> >>>>> DPMS (Energy Star):
> >>>>> Standby: 450 Suspend: 600 Off: 900
> >>>>> DPMS is Disabled
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But if I repeat that query half san hour later, something has
> >>>>> re-enabled dpms. Murphy?
> >>>
> >>> [... David Wright wrote:]
> >>>
> >>>> If the system insists on setting dpms, can you change those three
> >>>> numbers with dpms 1 2 3 only using some *very* large numbers.
> >>>>
> >>>> (DE stuff is beyond me.)
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> David.
> >>
> >> [... Gene Heskett wrote:]
> >>
> >>> I just gave that a try, with 3000 6000 and 9000
> >>
> >> How did that go?
> >
> > I can turn it off, once,
>
> ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^
>
> What does this mean, exactly?
>
> Are you telling us that yes, the requested setting is *obeyed* for the
> duration of that particular X session? (I cannot figure out anything
> else it might mean.)
>
> Like, did you (in that desktop session) get 50 minutes of not-blank
> screentime before standby mode kicked in after you issued
>
> $ xset dpms 3000 6000 9000
>
> ?
No but it was a couple minutes longer than its carved in stone 7.5 minute
default.
> If so, then David's method does precisely what you asked for in your
> original post, and it would be helpful --for the sake of people
> reading the list archives at least-- for you to confirm that
> unambiguously.
>
> How about it? Yes or No?
>
> > then its back to the 7.5 minute defaults.
> > I've given up. I cannot force it on for more than 7.5 minutes by
> > anything but a mouse wiggler.
>
> I might just come over there and mouse wiggle *you* if you don't drop
> the damn Rodney Dangerfield routine.
Hey, at my age, 85, I've earned that right. ;-) Then too, this IS 2nd
Amendment country.
>
> Put on your big boy technician pants and properly exchange
> troubleshooting information with your interested peers.
> > And I'm now alone, they finally found a rest home for my missus, but
> > she is quarantined for 2 weeks. At nearly 8g's a month. Out in the
> > sticks, at least a 1:20 drive from here. And getting sick of my own
> > cooking, but I've been doing all that since she fell and broke a hip
> > nearly 4 years ago.
>
> New occassions teach new duties. Saw that inscribed in granite
> once. Guess it must be true.
So it seems, TANSTAAFL is a law you cannot break. She is my third, had
her 30 years now. Good woman.
> But take care of yourself, whatever else you do.
I'm trying. My card case, with its spare parts installed list is getting
fat though.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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