On Mon 21 Apr 2014 at 12:49:43 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 21 Apr 2014 at 14:14:03 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Du, 20 apr 14, 14:26:02, Brian wrote: > > > > > > Screen blanking is completely under user control in Debian. First read > > > xset(1). Then create the file ~/.xsessionrc and put the wanted commands > > > in it. 'xset s dpms 10' might be worth a go. > > > > Depending on what you want to achieve :p > > Indeed. Hopefully the OP will combine reading the manual with a search > on the web. Commands to tested can be run in a terminal before finally > being committed to a file.
There are always gotchas, aren't there? Whatever is set in ~/.xsessionrc may be undone by the window manager or DE settings. The tested commands may work in a terminal but they could be overridden during the bringing up of the X session. To illustrate: 'xset r off' works from an xterm in Xfce4; put it in ~/.xsessionrc and it can be reversed by 'Enable key repeat' in Xfce4's keyboard settings. If the WM or DE uses power management facilities 'xset s' may not work in ~/.xsessionrc. So it is quite possible the OP may have to look to getting screen blanking to work within gnome3 using power management. -- 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/20140421150651.gf17...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
