[Fluxbox-users] Disable screensaver/do not blank screen

[q***@gmx.de]

Hi,

there is a curious problem with my Fluxbox installation I use on Fedora 8 together with the Openchrome drivers. The system is a very minimalistic one where no xscreensaver (or other relevant packages) are installed. Nevertheless when Fluixbox is running the screen becomes black after some time. I already tried ot disable the console blanking functionality but that did not help, Fluxbox still shows the same behaviour. Also within the xorg.conf I'm (meanwhile) using both options DPMS is set to false and option "nodpms" is set.

Where can I disable that behaviour so that the screen never is turned off?

Michael

[Steven Kah Hien Wong]

I usually use "xset -dpms", "xset s off", and make sure xscreensaver is not
running (ps ax | grep xscreensaver). But it seems you might already be doing
that. The only other thing I could think to check is your power saving
settings in your BIOS.
-Steven

2008/11/30 <***@gmx.de>

Hi,

Post by q***@gmx.de
there is a curious problem with my Fluxbox installation I use on Fedora 8
together with the Openchrome drivers. The system is a very minimalistic one
where no xscreensaver (or other relevant packages) are installed.
Nevertheless when Fluixbox is running the screen becomes black after some
time. I already tried ot disable the console blanking functionality but that
did not help, Fluxbox still shows the same behaviour. Also within the
xorg.conf I'm (meanwhile) using both options DPMS is set to false and option
"nodpms" is set.
Where can I disable that behaviour so that the screen never is turned off?
Michael
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[q***@gmx.de]

That brings me a bit closer: "xset -dpms" works when I enter it manually from within Fluxbox using the terminal. But: when I put "exec xset -dpms" to the startup file the Fluxbox/X-Server terminates immediately. So how can I automate that call?

Michael


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Datum: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:20:17 +1000
Betreff: Re: [Fluxbox-users] Disable screensaver/do not blank screen
I usually use "xset -dpms", "xset s off", and make sure xscreensaver is
not
running (ps ax | grep xscreensaver). But it seems you might already be
doing
that. The only other thing I could think to check is your power saving
settings in your BIOS.
-Steven

Post by q***@gmx.de
Hi,
there is a curious problem with my Fluxbox installation I use on Fedora

8

Post by q***@gmx.de
together with the Openchrome drivers. The system is a very minimalistic

one

Post by q***@gmx.de
where no xscreensaver (or other relevant packages) are installed.
Nevertheless when Fluixbox is running the screen becomes black after

some

Post by q***@gmx.de
time. I already tried ot disable the console blanking functionality but

that

Post by q***@gmx.de
did not help, Fluxbox still shows the same behaviour. Also within the
xorg.conf I'm (meanwhile) using both options DPMS is set to false and

option

Post by q***@gmx.de
"nodpms" is set.
Where can I disable that behaviour so that the screen never is turned

off?

Post by q***@gmx.de
Michael
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Post by q***@gmx.de
That brings me a bit closer: "xset -dpms" works when I enter it manually from within Fluxbox using the terminal. But: when I put "exec xset -dpms" to the startup file the Fluxbox/X-Server terminates immediately. So how can I automate that call?

In a shell script, the "exec" means "become this command", meaning that
no more of the script is processed and, in the case of an X startup
file, the server will terminate as soon as that command does.

Try putting the "xset -dpms" line in the startup file without the "exec"
at the beginning.