Am Donnerstag, 15. Juli 2021 schrieb Michael via tde-users:
On Thursday 15 July 2021 02:11:48 am Stefan Krusche via tde-users
wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2021 schrieb Michael via tde-users:
xset dpms force standby
That will also 'sleep' the monitor without turning it off.
Yeah, thanks. I've been using xset all the time but not thought of it being able to start the screensaver as well… :-)
Hi Stefan,
Possibly just a language difference, but just wanted to clarify. xset won't start the screensaver, the 'lock' above the xset does that.
No, I really got that wrong, at least in writing. Thanks for the clarification.
$ dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface lock
doesn't start the screensaver on my system but just does what the command says, it locks the screen/session, just like it would if you lock the session from TDE menu. I guess you have configured your system to automatically start the screensaver when you lock the session…
$ dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface save
directly starts the screensaver and that's what I was looking for in the first place to try out screensavers in a running session.
The 3 second sleep is to extract yourself from the computer so moving the mouse (or whatever) doesn't re-awaken the monitor after 'standby' puts the monitor in, well, standby (which I called sleep earlier).
All of the above is really useful if you have a laptop in a hotel room (or computer in a bedroom).
Best!, Michael
Thanks and best to you, too!
Cheers, Stefan