On Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:06:54 -0300
sawbona@??? wrote:
> Hello:
>
> On 7 Nov 2025 at 23:42, Ralph Ronnquist wrote:
>
> > > Moving the mouse brings them back on ...
> > ... turning off the display after 10 minutes ...
> > ... display management feature in Xorg,
> > ... tune with the "xset" command.
> I see.
>
> > use "xset q" (in a terminal) to see the Xorg display settings.
> This is what I get with "xset q":
>
> [code]
> $ xset q
> Keyboard Control:
> auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002
> XKB indicators:
> 00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: on 02: Scroll Lock: off
> 03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off
> 06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off
> 09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off
> 12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off
> auto repeat delay: 350 repeat rate: 50
> auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf
> fadfffefffedffff
> 9fffffffffffffff
> fff7ffffffffffff
> bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100
>
> Pointer Control:
> acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4
>
> Screen Saver:
> prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
> timeout: 600 cycle: 600
>
> Colors:
> default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff
>
> Font Path:
> /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,/usr/share/fon
> ts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/shar
> e/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75d
> pi,built-ins
>
> DPMS (Energy Star):
> Server does not have the DPMS Extension
> $
> [/code]
>
> Right ...
> There it is:
>
> [code]
> ----
> Screen Saver:
> prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
> timeout: 600 cycle: 600
> ----
> [/code]
>
> > ... turn off its "Screen Saver" and "DPMS" with "xset -dpms s off"
> I did that when I long ago when I played around with [xorg.conf]
> while attempting to get rid of the PM settings, among other X11
> related things.
>
> [code]
> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -i dpms
> Option "DPMS" "0"
> Option "DPMS" "0"
> Option "DPMS" "0"
> # Option "DPMS" "0" # <- this is for an uninstalled fourth monitor.
> $
> [/code]
>
> Maybe ["DPMS" "0"] does not override the [Screen Saver] setting?
>
> Thanks for your input.
> As always, much appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> A.
Hi,
I use Option "DPMS" "Disable" in my Xorg configuration file to permanently disable DPMS at startup.
Ciao,
Tito
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