Hello,
does anybody know the way to start the screensaver manually in TDE?
Thanks, Stefan
On Wednesday 14 of July 2021 10:53:20 Stefan Krusche via tde-users wrote:
Hello,
does anybody know the way to start the screensaver manually in TDE?
Thanks, Stefan ____________________________________________________
Hi Stefan,
the default shortcut for start screensaver is Ctrl+Alt+S, for lock screen Ctrl+Alt+L. You can also use dcop calls:
dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface save dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface lock
Cheers
Am Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2021 schrieb Slávek Banko via tde-users:
On Wednesday 14 of July 2021 10:53:20 Stefan Krusche via tde-users
wrote:
Hello,
does anybody know the way to start the screensaver manually in TDE?
Thanks, Stefan ____________________________________________________
Hi Stefan,
the default shortcut for start screensaver is Ctrl+Alt+S, for lock screen Ctrl+Alt+L. You can also use dcop calls:
dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface save dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface lock
Cheers
Thanks a lot!
Kind regards, Stefan
On Wednesday 14 July 2021 04:12:10 am Slávek Banko via tde-users wrote:
On Wednesday 14 of July 2021 10:53:20 Stefan Krusche via tde-users wrote:
does anybody know the way to start the screensaver manually in TDE?
the default shortcut for start screensaver is Ctrl+Alt+S, for lock screen Ctrl+Alt+L. You can also use dcop calls:
dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface save dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface lock
Hi Slávek,
What does the save do?
Also Stefan,
dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface lock sleep 3 xset dpms force standby
That will also 'sleep' the monitor without turning it off.
Best, Michael
On Wednesday 14 of July 2021 15:40:22 Michael via tde-users wrote:
On Wednesday 14 July 2021 04:12:10 am Slávek Banko via tde-users wrote:
On Wednesday 14 of July 2021 10:53:20 Stefan Krusche via tde-users
wrote:
does anybody know the way to start the screensaver manually in TDE?
the default shortcut for start screensaver is Ctrl+Alt+S, for lock screen Ctrl+Alt+L. You can also use dcop calls:
dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface save dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface lock
Hi Slávek,
What does the save do?
"save" is name of the function that start the screensaver. You don't forget that the original purpose was "saving" the screen, so the author probably chose "save" as the name of the screensaver initialization function.
Best, Michael ____________________________________________________
Cheers
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… :-)
Cheers, Stefan
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. 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
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
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