21 Jan
2019
21 Jan
'19
7:37 p.m.
# inxi -Gxxb
System: Host: gb250 Kernel: 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0
Desktop: Trinity R14.1.0 tk: Qt 3.5.0
wm: Twin dm: startx Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B250M-D3H v: N/A serial: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B250M-D3H-CF v: x.x serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends
v: F9 date: 04/10/2018
CPU: Dual Core: Intel Core i3-7100T type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake speed: 800 MHz
min/max: 800/3400 MHz
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID:
00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5912
Display: server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa
18.0.5 compat-v: 3.0
direct render: Yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: f040 bus ID: 00:1f.6
chip ID: 8086:15b8
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 26.39 GiB (11.1%)
Info: Processes: 197 Uptime: 4h 11m Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 338.2 MiB (2.1%) Init:
systemd v: 237 runlevel: 3 Compilers:
gcc: N/A Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 running in: konsole inxi: 3.0.30
TCC -> System Administration -> Monitor & Display has nothing enabled. Thus I
would
expect no attempt from TDE to save power. Is this not the case? After 10 minutes, the
screen blanks for several seconds, after which the desktop wallpaper reappears, but
not the panel or open Windows. This happens whether the session is started from TDM
or with startx. I see nothing in /etc/X11 to account for this, though I'm not sure
what I would be looking for other than an Option "DPMS" statement in xorg.conf*.
Is
this to be expected? Should I file a TDE bug?
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22 Jan
22 Jan
6:27 a.m.
On 01/21/2019 01:37 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
TCC -> System Administration -> Monitor &
Display has nothing enabled. Thus I would
expect no attempt from TDE to save power. Is this not the case? After 10 minutes, the
screen blanks for several seconds, after which the desktop wallpaper reappears, but
not the panel or open Windows. This happens whether the session is started from TDM
or with startx. I see nothing in /etc/X11 to account for this, though I'm not sure
what I would be looking for other than an Option "DPMS" statement in
xorg.conf*. Is
this to be expected? Should I file a TDE bug?
Hard to tell, will have to let Slavek and folks chime in, but recall several
distros removed default console blanking (which shouldn't be implicated with
TDM running, but may), but with startx, you may have DPMS configured. You can
check with
$ xset q
I don't know what 18.04 does, but you may poke around and determine just what
is set and what isn't. Handy reference:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Power_Management_Signaling
(on your last post, TDM should always put your login on Display 1. I've had a
1920x1200 + 1680x1152 setup for years with an ancient nvida card and never had
an issue -- setup through nview. ATI should have a similar setup through
catalyst control panel. Now on monitor sleep/suspend, depending where the
focus is when the monitors go to sleep, I've had kscreensaver put the password
prompt on different monitors)
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
8:08 a.m.
David C. Rankin composed on 2019-01-22 00:27 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
> TCC -> System Administration -> Monitor
& Display has nothing enabled. Thus I would
> expect no attempt from TDE to save power. Is this not the case? After 10 minutes,
the
> screen blanks for several seconds, after which the desktop wallpaper reappears, but
> not the panel or open Windows. This happens whether the session is started from TDM
> or with startx. I see nothing in /etc/X11 to account for this, though I'm not
sure
> what I would be looking for other than an Option "DPMS" statement in
xorg.conf*. Is
> this to be expected? Should I file a TDE bug?
Hard to tell, will have to let Slavek and folks chime
in, but recall several
distros removed default console blanking (which shouldn't be implicated with
TDM running, but may), but with startx, you may have DPMS configured. You can
check with
$ xset q
I don't know what 18.04 does, but you may poke
around and determine just what
is set and what isn't. Handy reference:
Turns out I had a serious brain fart. One cannot expect TDE to exert control over
screen power without checking the first box. For years I've been setting power
management here to 120 minutes for all three save modes and not having to think
about the screen going blank while I'm looking at it while otherwise occupied. I
first tried xset q on the PC with the schizoid greeter window, and got:
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: no
timeout: 0 cycle: 600
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 7200 Suspend: 7200 Off: 7200
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
Then I tried it on the subject of this thread, and matched the archlinux page:
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 600 cycle: 600
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
After logging out and back in and puzzling briefly over why only the timeout increased
after my KControl change, I realized I must have failed to do the other thing I've
been
doing for many moons, copying a config file into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ containing:
Option "BlankTime" "120"
I found I did, made the copy, logged out, logged back in, but xset q did not change,
which is my new puzzle, because the problem persists. The KControl blank time of 120
is not preventing the several second blanking after 600 seconds, or allowing the panel
and open windows to reappear afterward.
(on your last post, TDM should always put your login
on Display 1. I've had a
1920x1200 + 1680x1152 setup for years with an ancient nvida card and never had
an issue -- setup through nview. ATI should have a similar setup through
catalyst control panel. Now on monitor sleep/suspend, depending where the
focus is when the monitors go to sleep, I've had kscreensaver put the password
prompt on different monitors)
I do all my display other than power save/screen saver via either xrandr startup
script, or xorg.conf*. I stick to FOSS, so wouldn't know what NVidia's or
AMD's
screen controllers look like or can do. When I want the screen to sleep, I turn
off the screen power. There's no suspending either, since everything here is
multiboot.
--
Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science.
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
6:42 p.m.
New subject: peculiar power save in 14.1pre on 18.04.1 LTS
Felix Miata wrote:
I found I did, made the copy, logged out, logged back
in, but xset q did
not change, which is my new puzzle, because the problem persists. The
KControl blank time of 120 is not preventing the several second blanking
after 600 seconds, or allowing the panel and open windows to reappear
afterward.
Did you restart X?
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