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860lacov

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Registered: 2020-05-02

Posts: 497

How to control when screen is off on XFCE

I have xfce4-power-manager.
It's set to turn off screen after 2 minutes when AC is unplugged but it's turning off after different time, so I believe that something more.
I've found similar topic on the forum but there is an information how to disable screenoff permanently by:
xset s off

I did that but now screen is always on.
xfce4-power-manager dim function doesn't work too.

My xset -q output is:

Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    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:  250    repeat rate:  20
  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:  no    allow exposures:  no
  timeout:  0    cycle:  300
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/TTF,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 0    Off: 900
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

Before I did
xset s off screen was turned off while watching for example youtube

mpan

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Registered: 2012-08-01

Posts: 1,644

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Re: How to control when screen is off on XFCE

DPMS woes?

xset -dpms

Last edited by mpan (2020-05-09 13:40:08)

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860lacov

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Registered: 2020-05-02

Posts: 497

Re: How to control when screen is off on XFCE

DPMS woes?

xset -dpms

After xset -dpms it took about 3-5 minutes and screen was off. Not completely. Screen is black but witch backlit on.