22 Jun
2020
22 Jun
'20
4:50 p.m.
On Monday 22 June 2020 07:11:52 Michael wrote:
On Monday 22 June 2020 08:35:19 am Gene Heskett
wrote:
There's a tiny blue rectangle (almost a square) in the system tray.
Right-click, look for "configure displays", then go to the tab
labelled "power management": unclick the box that says "enable DPMS power
save modes"; or you can configure power saving to something that suits you
better.
(For a desktop I find that power saving is useless or even counterproductive,
so I just switch off the monitor instead when not in use. On a laptop, or in
a setting where one wants the screen to lock when unattended, this is a
different matter, but I imagine it's just Gene hanging out at home.)
Also, VLC allows turning off power saving while actively watching a video; I
don't know, but I imagine other media players do something similar.
Bill
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On Monday 22 June 2020 09:22:47 Felix Miata
wrote:
Longshot, but try creating a new user? That'd at least isolate if it's a
config file or a system issue?
Best,
Michael
Maybe what works for me would work for you to
enable watching a video.
I set all three power save options in desktop settings to 120 minutes.
I have tried that, up to 4000 4025 4050 minutes. Nominally 5 minutes
later it powers down, and an xset -q shows:
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 450 Suspend: 600 Off: 900
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
And theres not a thing I can do about it.
> Something else to try depends on a config file in which to put it,
> either in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/,
> included in Section "Monitor":
>
> Option "DPMS" "off"