On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Marcus MERIGHI wrote: > j...@openbsd.org (joshua stein), 2018.11.27 (Tue) 18:12 (CET): > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 14:32:50 +0100, Marcus Merighi wrote: > > > does 'xset(1) dpms 20' activate xidle(1) after 20 seconds? > > > > > > How to repeat: > > > > > > $ xset dpms 20 > > > $ xidle -timeout 180 & > > > > > > With this I am locked out after 20 seconds, not 180. > > > > The DPMS event activates the X screensaver which generates an X > > event that xidle is listening for. xidle then runs its specified > > program (or defaults to xlock). > > Thanks for confirming and the explanation of the cause! > > I know you are having piles of experience with OpenBSD on all sorts of > fancy hardware... what do you do for dimming the display and locking?
This is what I use to give myself a three second grace period between the screen going blank and the lock kicking in. The scroll lock led was for fun and cosmetics. $ egrep '^xidle|^xlock' .Xresources xidle.*.timeout: 300 xidle.*.delay: 99999 xlock.*.lockdelay: 3 xlock.*.startCmd: xset dpms 3; sleep 3; xset led named "Scroll Lock" xlock.*.endCmd: xset -dpms; xset -led named "Scroll Lock" I start xidle in my ~.xsession /Alesxander
