On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 20:55:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 16 June 2015 19:12:53 Brian wrote: > > On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 11:41:15 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote: > > > Hi, all - > > > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup > > > my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy. > > > > > > The .xinitrc contains the following - > > > xset s off # don't activate screensaver > > > xset -dpms # disable DPMS (energy star) features > > > xset s noblank # don't blank the video device > > > > At this stage I do not have the intention of taking more than a cursory > > look at your problem. But what strikes me is that you seem to place some > > confidence in using a .xinitrc. Why is that? Debian (startx and the > > *dms) will take no notice of it. The list archives will help you out on > > this. > > https://wiki.debian.org/Xinitrc
The sting is in the tail: Note that ~/.xinitrc is only for configuring the initialization of xinit. If you want the script to be called when ever an X Session is started, then you should instead use ~/.xsession. > Sorry, Brian. I've been stuck on this for ages. Running xset -dpms is so > easy that I hvaen't put much energy into it. But I can find nothing for > Debian, only for Ubuntu, and the above is what I got when I searched for > ".xinitrc deprecated in debian" The OP is very, very likely not to be using xinit to start X so a ~/.xinitrc is the last thing which is wanted. Unless he has special requirements, of course. The problem is that references to ~/.xinitrc are all over the web, even in a Debian context. Its exposure is enough to lead users down the wrong path on Debian time after time. It may or may not be the root of the OP's problem but it doesn't help to use an inappropriate file when calling X. > I can find nothing other than writing an xorg.conf, and therein lies a > minefield. It shouldn't be needed. I have exactly the same three commands as the OP in the ~/.xession file on my media machine. The TV never blanks. ~/.xsessionrc would also probably be a suitable place for the commands. On the other hand the machine is only running a basic window manager, spectrwm. I do not know how the behaviour changes with complex DEs or with screensavers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150616222916.gc15...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
