On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:43:38 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said:
> Basically I have this problem: > sauron:~$ xset q | tail -4 > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 300 Suspend: 360 Off: 420 > DPMS is Enabled > Monitor is On > sauron:~$ enlightenment_remote -desktop-lock > sauron:~$ xset q | tail -4 > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 11 Suspend: 12 Off: 13 > DPMS is Enabled > Monitor is On > > I looked in the E settings, my blanking timeout is minutes, and my > special timeout when locked is 17 seconds > > I cannot find where DPMS 11, 12, 11 comes from. e just sets those to timeout + 10, 11, 12 - so screen blanking time is 1. i don't see this ever happen - i can't really say much. i do not know what logic path causes this. you should normally see: Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 600 cycle: 0 DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling): Standby: 610 Suspend: 611 Off: 612 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On for example. there is a special timeout - this is used specifically when the screen is locked and the sfreen wakes from suspend - it's a very short timeout designed to send the screen back to blank within a very short space of time to save power if you just bump the mouse or something while blanked and you don't enter your password to unlock. http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-64fda3f2774861.83178777.png there it's set to 10 sec. 0 will turn this feature off so it'll just have the usual blanking timeout (e.g. 10min/600sec in this case). once you unlock the screensaver blanking time should go back to the normal amount. you may find the screensaver timeout will be LESS because of backlight dimming. i had it off in the above example. if i have it on and set to 5 seconds like: http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-64fda48aa43879.64018673.png then i see something different: Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 5 cycle: 0 DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling): Standby: 610 Suspend: 611 Off: 612 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On e uses the screensaver timeout event to know when you've gone idle and then dims the screen. it uses a process--side timer to then eventually force a blank of the screen unless the screensaver is woken up then it resets this. so hat screen saver timeout is set to and dpms is set to is not a simple 1:1 relationship. there are a lot of moving parts depending on all the things you may or may not have enabled and what they are set to and depending on the current state of things. > I have to keep resetting it after I unlock, with > sauron:~$ xset dpms 311 312 313 > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Marc > -- > "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. > > Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP > 7F55D5F27AAF9D08 > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
