On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:26 PM onefang <onefang_devuan@???> 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!

Reassuring to know that I'm not the only one with a similar problem!!!

Regards