On Sunday 04 October 2020 23:50:42 Adam Nielsen wrote:
> > It turns out that the color cycling screen was that old 17" 4x3 Dell
> > lcd monitors response to the synch drop that shuts most modern
> > monitors off.
>
> Someone has probably enabled burnin test mode on this monitor. The
> method to
> It turns out that the color cycling screen was that old 17" 4x3 Dell lcd
> monitors response to the synch drop that shuts most modern monitors off.
Someone has probably enabled burnin test mode on this monitor. The
method to switch it on and off is pretty much the same on all Dell
monitors.
On Sunday 04 October 2020 15:10:03 Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> On 10/3/20 1:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 02 October 2020 16:28:45 Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> >> Fortunately, there's already an existing script which knows about
> >> the most common screensaver implementations and how to
On 10/3/20 1:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Friday 02 October 2020 16:28:45 Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Fortunately, there's already an existing script which knows about the
most common screensaver implementations and how to suspend them:
https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-screensaver
> > This is quite true, and if it can't be fixed, I will be forced to
> > install a smash it switch that interrupts machine power. But I've
> > some pretty high cap supplies that can keep it moving for several
> > seconds after the switch has been fisted. A software e-stop OTOH can
> > stop it
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 23:11:55 -0400
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 02 October 2020 19:55:53 Aaron Plattner wrote:
>
> > On 10/2/20 1:17 PM, Dan Arena wrote:
> > > Gene,
> > >
> > > Following up more about xfce4, you should be able to go into their
> > > Settings Manager and you can turn off
On Saturday 03 October 2020 05:25:50 Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> which suggests there are several ways to disable it, including one
> >> where you can simulate user activity.
> >>
> >> This was just a quick look, it would probably be best to talk to
>
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
which suggests there are several ways to disable it, including one
where you can simulate user activity.
This was just a quick look, it would probably be best to talk to
light-locker developers.
best
Vladimir Dergachev
And where might I find those
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings x-people;
The LinuxCNC people have just brought it up from Debian wheezy to buster
for a base install.
But the security paranoia is going to get someone maimed or killed.
Someone has decreed that the screen blanker must be subject to a new
On 03/10/2020 09:03, Gene Heskett wrote:
FWIW, I have tried mightily, to lengthen the intervals from 10 minutes on
this stretch install running TDE. But something resets it to 10 minutes
before the 10 minutes is up. So xset is neutered and worthless.
I don't know a lot about X but I have had
On Saturday 03 October 2020 04:17:53 Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 03 October 2020 00:39:27 Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> Greetings x-people;
> >>>
> >>> The LinuxCNC people have just brought it
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 03 October 2020 00:39:27 Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings x-people;
The LinuxCNC people have just brought it up from Debian wheezy to
buster for a base install.
But the security paranoia is
On Friday 02 October 2020 16:28:45 Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> On 10/2/20 12:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I have now been 3 days looking for a way to disable this blanker,
> > trying several methods by way of xset, only to find 15 minutes later
> > that its been undone and the blanker kicks in
On Saturday 03 October 2020 00:39:27 Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings x-people;
> >
> > The LinuxCNC people have just brought it up from Debian wheezy to
> > buster for a base install.
> >
> > But the security paranoia is going to get someone
On 10/2/20 12:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
I have now been 3 days looking for a way to disable this blanker, trying
several methods by way of xset, only to find 15 minutes later that its
been undone and the blanker kicks in regardless.
xset only controls the screen blanking & power management
On Friday 02 October 2020 19:55:53 Aaron Plattner wrote:
> On 10/2/20 1:17 PM, Dan Arena wrote:
> > Gene,
> >
> > Following up more about xfce4, you should be able to go into their
> > Settings Manager and you can turn off the Screensaver and uncheck
> > Power Management under the Advanced tab.
On 10/2/20 1:17 PM, Dan Arena wrote:
Gene,
Following up more about xfce4, you should be able to go into their
Settings Manager and you can turn off the Screensaver and uncheck
Power Management under the Advanced tab. You will still want to add
the lines I mentioned before into
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 15:18:42 -0400 Gene Heskett said:
I think your gripe is with xfce here. Perhaps with other DE's/WM's too - ymmv,
but they should all provide some option to not lock or blank.
I know enlightenment allows you to completely disable screen blanking or
dimming, separately
On Friday 02 October 2020 15:54:30 Dan Arena wrote:
> Good afternoon Gene,
>
> I am not sure about xfce, I suspect they do have settings in their GUI
> settings manager to adjust what you want, but seeing as this is the
> xorg mailing list I will tell you how I do it when running just X with
> a
Gene,
Following up more about xfce4, you should be able to go into their
Settings Manager and you can turn off the Screensaver and uncheck
Power Management under the Advanced tab. You will still want to add
the lines I mentioned before into /etc/X11/xorg.conf to prevent the
screen from going
Good afternoon Gene,
I am not sure about xfce, I suspect they do have settings in their GUI
settings manager to adjust what you want, but seeing as this is the
xorg mailing list I will tell you how I do it when running just X with
a simple window manager. This is probably what you want. I put
Greetings x-people;
The LinuxCNC people have just brought it up from Debian wheezy to buster
for a base install.
But the security paranoia is going to get someone maimed or killed.
Someone has decreed that the screen blanker must be subject to a new
login before anything can be done about a
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