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

[grumpy@mailfence.com]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2020, 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

edit /etc/systemd/sleep.conf