On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:08:45AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote
> On Samstag, 19. Juli 2008, Walter Dnes wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:08:03PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote
> >
> > > How about: not using screensavers at all?
> >
> > Now for a stupid-sounding question... what is the screensaver called?
> > A "ps -ef" doesn't show any process with "screen" in the name. Man x
> > and man xorg don't help. I'm running blackbox, so I don't have a
> > gazillion settings widgets (nothing helpful in man blackbox). How can I
> > find what program is blanking the screen? Once I do that, I can either
> > set parameters or disable it.
>
> so you are not using a screensaver but dpms screen blanking?
>
> xset --help
>
> will answer your question.
xset doesn't recognize "--help" as an option. And the "usage" stuff
is sent to stderr instead of stdout. So I used my "magic less" command.
The command is...
xset {any illegal parameter} > /dev/stdout 2>&1 | less"
"xset q" shows the following relevant info (much snippage)...
================================================
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 600 cycle: 600
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
===============================================
One additional bit of info. If I let the system sit until the monitor
goes into DPMS standby (backlight is off) I can recover by hitting any
key. It's the "software screensaver" that seems to be the problem. A
bit of experimentation reveals that I can't directly invoke "dpms off"
from an "on" state. Instead, I have to walk the monitor through the
series like so...
#!/bin/bash
sleep 3; xset dpms force standby;
sleep 3; xset dpms force suspend;
sleep 3; xset dpms force off
So here's my plan. In ~/.xinitrc I'll include the statements...
xset s off
xset dpms 360 365 370
This will turn off the "software screensaver" and turn off the monitor
via dpms after 6 minutes of inactivity.
--
Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
