On Tuesday 16 June 2015 23:29:16 Brian wrote: > 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.
Thanks, Brian. I'll try the dpms line in ~/.xsession. My screensaver is successfully turned off just by turning off the screensaver! Lisi -- 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/201506170728.36737.lisi.re...@gmail.com
