Gerald I've never used xset before so I'm not sure if sudo xset on sudo xset +dpms
would help, but I normally enable/disable user screen saver behaviour in Xubuntu (on an individual basis) by clicking the whisker icon and typing in screensaver, clicking the screensaver icon, then clicking on the "Activate screensaver when the computer is idle" slider. On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 1:32 PM Gérald Jean <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I tried as suggested, no effect? Further more I thought that xset > settings didn't hold from one session to the other. I used xset > hundreds of times on this machine other machines and settings sure > didn't hold from one session to the next? > > > Gérald > > Le 8/12/20 à 12:52 PM, Charles M a écrit : > > Hi Gerald. xset s can also take the parameter on. I think you could > > probably do: > > > > $ xset s on > > $ xset +dpms > > > > Charles > > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM Gérald Jean <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> until yesterday, when I was inactive for about 5-7 minutes the screen > >> would go in screen saving mode and lock (need password to unlock), the > >> behaviour I like. Yesterday I watched a long documentary on Youtube, > >> the screen locked, to prevent it I ran: > >> > >> > >> $ xset s off > >> > >> $ xset -dpms > >> > >> > >> everything was fine, no more locking; but now it doesn't lock at all > >> anymore (yes, I logged off and rebooted since yesterday) and I can't > >> find in the Xubuntu documentation how to revert to the original behaviour?? > >> > >> > >> Xubuntu 20.04 LTS > >> > >> > >> Thanks for your support, > >> > >> > >> Gérald > >> > >> > >> -- > >> xubuntu-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users -- Charles Blog: https://chaslinux.com/ (My Asteroids reboot) Fasteroids: http://chaslinux.itch.io/fasteroids Twitter/Identica/Google+: @chaslinux -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
