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nixIT

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Registered: 2010-01-13

Posts: 548

xset +dpms not persistent

hey all,

since having issues with xfce DPMS not waking up my system, I've turned all that off and started looking at doing it via Xorg and xset.

I've followed the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Displa … _Signaling

I've tried both, from the command line, and creating an Xorg file:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-dpms.conf

Section "Monitor"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "StandbyTime" "5"
    Option "SuspendTime" "10"
    Option "OffTime" "15"
EndSection

once set, I check the status with xset q

$ xset q
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:  500    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:
  built-ins
DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling):
  Standby: 300    Suspend: 600    Off: 900
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

showing  it's enabled. and everything works, when I come back and wake my monitor up I check the status again

$ xset q
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:  500    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:
  built-ins
DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling):
  Standby: 300    Suspend: 600    Off: 900
  DPMS is Disabled

dpms is now disabled and my monitor will no longer sleep.

any ideas why this isn't persistent?

cheers,
/nixit

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: xset +dpms not persistent

when I come back and wake my monitor up I check the status again

Session daemon (screenlocker)?

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nixIT

Member

Registered: 2010-01-13

Posts: 548

Re: xset +dpms not persistent

when I come back and wake my monitor up I check the status again

Session daemon (screenlocker)?

I have screensaver and lock screen disabled under settings manager, though under session and startup, it was enabled. I didn't think to check there, so I now just disabled it.

let's see if it will remain enabled.

thanx
/nixit

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