On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 3:53 AM onefang <onefang_dev...@sledjhamr.org> wrote: > > On 2022-07-27 21:24:42, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:26 PM onefang <onefang_dev...@sledjhamr.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > On 2022-07-27 18:04:26, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > > Greetings > > > > > > > > Running a AMD 3800X with a Radeon RX570X graphics card using > > > > opensource amdgpu drivers (version compiled for 1.21.1.3, module > > > > version = 22.0.0, Module class: X.Org Video Driver, ABI class: X.Org > > > > Video Driver, version 25.2) running xorg-server 2:21.1.3-2+b1. > > > > > > > > I think my system is reasonably upto date running Daedalus. (Last apt > > > > update check done this morning.) > > > > > > > > The issue - - - > > > > > > > > After a system reboot the screens will enter screensaver pretty > > > > picture mode and then blank to off at the chosen times. I've got 5 > > > > monitors set up to display most of a 7680x3000 virtual desktop. > > > > Also run a lot of desktops and tend to accumulate a lot of tabs in my > > > > browsers. Run at least 3 browsers at once (Opera, Brave and Firefox) > > > > with Firefox as the default and have in the past also run Vivaldi. > > > > Firefox is the default browser. > > > > Firefox is the only browser that will place its windows where I had > > > > them on the various desktops. Finding this I have reduced every other > > > > browser to windows on at most one 'desktop'. That is the only way that > > > > I can get any time at all where the screensaver just does its job. > > > > The problem is that after about 80 hours (or so - - - - haven't > > > > defined that time with any precision) the screensaver will move to the > > > > pretty pics screens but does NOT move to screen off. > > > > > > > > I have been trying to find what in either the browsers is hindering > > > > the screen 'blanking' (if I'm using the correct term) or is breaking > > > > on my system - - - dunno. Have been looking at xset as well but really > > > > don't know what the bleeping blazes I'm doing and don't want to create > > > > an even bigger mess! > > > > I am using lxqt still on version 0.16.0 trying to wait patiently for > > > > version 1.01 which is supposedly going to move from experimental to > > > > unstable and testing hopefully very soon but that timing is NOT up to > > > > me. > > > > > > > > Is there someone out there in Devuan land who has any idea of how to > > > > change this annoying behavior? > > > > Can I change something in Xset to make this happen? > > > > Something else? > > > > > > > > (I can reboot and set up things the way I want (takes about 1/2 hour > > > > in total to do everything) so I find that this time every 4 days is a > > > > nuisance. ) > > > > > > That sort of thing was driving me crazy for ages, screensaver would blank > > > the screen, but not turn the monitors off. I finally tracked it down. > > > In my case it was running SDL based programs, the fix is - > > > > > > export SDL_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER=1 > > > > > > That may or may not be your problem though. > > > > > > > > Hmmmmmmm - - - - will dig into that but I don't run any steam connected > > items - - - at least AFAIK but - - - thanks! > > SDL is a popular graphics layer, nothing to do with steam. Though > perhaps steam and lots of games use it. Some video players use it, lots > of games use it, in my case it was a 3D virtual world client that I leave > runnig all day, coz I run virtual worlds. So non games use it to. >
Have used the command both as user and as root and there is no perceivable change. Maybe a system reboot is also needed? TIA _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng