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How do I figure out what is inhibiting my screensaver and preventing lock screen/sleep?
At some point last month, I realized my screensaver (xscreensaver in this case) was no longer blanking the screen (and therefore also not locking it, and going into dpms idle/standby) at all. I had ...
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xset +dpms server does not have extension for +dpms option
When I run the command xset +dpms I get the error message server does not have extension for +dpms option.
How can I fix this?
I've recently freshly installed Fedora 41 on my Thinkpad. Before under ...
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Why is my DPMS off despite enabling it in Xfce settings?
xset -q says DPMS is disabled for me, which isn't good, because it prevents xfce4-screensaver from disabling backlight when active. xset +dpms fixes it until reboot.
But I don't understand why DPMS ...
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How do I get xss-lock (?) to only lock the screen on sleep or from loginctl lock-sessions?
Currently I have my machine configured with xss-lock like so:
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock -i /home/wayne/bluetuith/me.png --nofork
I needed this to enable udev to ...
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How to disable screensaver/dpms/other power saving features
I have a problem where monitors connected via docking station fail to reconnect if, I believe, the screensaver has been activated.
I'm using debian testing without a desktop environment (ie only a ...
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Arch Linux - Monitors will never go to sleep
Through searching I can only find people looking to solve the opposite issue.
I am running Arch Linux with i3 as my window manager. I am using i3-lock to handle screen locking. I can lock the screen, ...
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How can I find out when the computer monitor's inactivity timeout is triggered and what process triggers it?
I want to use slock to lock the screen when the screen's inactivity timeout switches the monitor off or into standby and want to know what process triggers it, or how it is notified to the system.
Is ...
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4k 144 Hz monitors never get signal again after turning off
Problem Description
I recently got some 4k 144 Hz monitors, and they perform great when they do work. The problem is, whenever I turn them off via the monitors' power buttons, or whenever they go ...
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DPMS & PowerSave on laptop
I have an HP PowerBook 440 G4 with Debian Bullseye & BSWPM installed.
My locker is lightdm with slick-greeter without a screensaver.
My xset q says:
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 600 Suspend: ...
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Something changes DPMS settings
I want my LCD-display to turn off after some time. Not display black image. Displaying black image is pointless because it drains a few Watts more than white image.
To do this I'm launching
xset ...
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Turn off monitor backlight (DPMS) from a VC/VT (TTY) without Xorg/Wayland-DE
How does one flip a monitor's backlight on/off from the normal Linux console (tty1)?
I'm looking for a way to do this without dependencies on Xorg or specific Wayland-Compositors.
Let's say, that I ...
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Finding out which process inhibits monitor sleep, even after setting DPMS flags
My screens aren't turning off, using xset to set dpms off, suspend or standby they always turn on again. I know a way to figure out what event caused the system to wake up from suspend, but I haven't ...
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Disable energy saving settings completely? HDMI signal lost (DPMS and screensaver already disabled)
On my MX Linux XFCE environment I have the problem that after a certain time without interaction after power on the HDMI signal is lost and can only be retrieved with pressing a keyboard key. I would ...
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Why does X11 stop putting my screen to sleep after several standby/resume cycles?
For several years (~2012-2020) and over multiple computers (AMD/Intel of various vintages, S3/AMD/Intel graphics), I've observed what appears to be a curious, DDX-independent bug in X11.
Occasionally, ...
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Xephyr: server does not have extension for -dpms option
when I open new openbox session in Xephyr, the screen goes blank after 10 minutes of inactivity.
How can I disable this ?
I tried this command:
xset -dpms s off
but get following error:
server does ...
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