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tririver

Member

Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 49

[Solved] gnome 3.2 unable to disable or set screensaver

My screensaver always turn off screen after 10 minutes.

I tried the following methods:

System settings -> screen, set turn off after 1 hour, or 30 mins, no luck

xset s off # no luck
xset -dpms # no luck

disable gnome-screensaver daemon, no luck

there was a gnome-shell-extension, presentation mode, also doesn't seem to work for gnome 3.2

I also noticed that the screen turns completely off. Thus maybe it's not gnome-screensaver, because gnome-screensaver will display a clock. I am not sure is it a bug of gnome 3.2, or other components on my computer turns off the screen. Any ideas? Thank you!

Last edited by tririver (2011-10-03 11:22:27)

rAX

Member

From: Algiers

Registered: 2011-05-27

Posts: 86

Re: [Solved] gnome 3.2 unable to disable or set screensaver

I'm having this problem too, kinda sucks!

tririver

Member

Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 49

Re: [Solved] gnome 3.2 unable to disable or set screensaver

Now I had a solution: (seems to me the second line is the most important)

xset s off # Disable X windows screen saver (timeout 0)
xset s 0 0 # (timeout 0, cycle 0)
xset -dpms # Disable display power management system

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [Solved] gnome 3.2 unable to disable or set screensaver

You can use 'xset q' to see the current settings e.g.

...
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 600    Off: 600
  DPMS is Disabled

and check what 'xset s 0 0' does.