[SOLVED] Re: How to control mode entered after specific inactivity time?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 07/22/2020 08:10 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 04:39:03AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > My search attempts likely failed because I didn't know the appropriate
> > terms.
> >
> > After some initial inactivity the screen blanks and can can be brought back
> > to life by mouse movement.
> > After a longer period of inactivity one must touch the power button.
> >
> > What are the correct names for these states?
> >
> > How does a user (preferably not root) control the timing of entering these
> > states?
> > I know that I've reset them because the defaults were inconvenient. Now they
> > are inappropriate. I'm using Debian 9.8.
> >
> > TIA
>
> Well that depends
> Usually you set these in the gnome settings under power settings.

That's what I needed. I'm using MATE not Gnome.
On main menu I needed to go to:
   System->Preferences->Hardware->Power Management

All my searches had led to manpage entries for much too low a level.
Thank you.

> However systemd can be used to control these. There are several targets
> (hibernate.target, suspend.target and sleep.target) which are used to
> enter a different "state".
> You can change the settings in the logind.conf.
> Please check
> man logind.conf
> for all the options.
>
>
> -H