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Hi Archers! I have DPMS mode as my screensaver in Arch + IceWM and it turns off often because of mouse pointer jumping at random times (you know how sometimes mice cannot still for long even if not moved). Is there a possibility to make DPMS turn off only with keyboard and ignore mouse moves so that whenever I do "xset dpms force off" I will be able to turn on my display only with keystrokes?
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You could try determining the device id of the mouse with:
xinput --list
And before starting dpms, you could disable the mouse with:
xinput --disable <device id>
Then:
xset dpms force standby
or
xset dpms force suspend
When you turn off dpms with the keyboard, re-enable the mouse with:
xinput --enable <device id>
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