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#1 2012-01-28 19:30:36
- kilmister
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Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
Hey,
I run Archlinux with LXDE (openbox) for a few weeks now.
I've been trying to disable the black screen that openbox (or is it triggered farther above, at X level?) shows me after 10 minutes.
It works with the command "xset -dpms s off", which suggests that the screensaver is not openbox's fault, but X's.
However, xset's manpage says the settings I do will be reset when I log out.
How can I permanently disable the screensaver?
Thanks in advance,
Alex
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#2 2012-01-28 20:14:04
- b4data
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Re: Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
Add "xset -dpms s off" to your .xinitrc or your openbox autostart script?
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#3 2012-01-29 19:05:01
- rwd
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Re: Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
To turn off just the screensaver, and not dpms:
xset s off
Please read the wiki before asking:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Di … _Signaling
If you only want to disable the screensaver/blanking while watching movies you can let mplayer and vlc disable the screensaver while playing as well.
Last edited by rwd (2012-01-29 19:43:53)
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#4 2012-01-30 00:24:06
- David Batson
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Re: Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
If you only want to disable the screensaver/blanking while watching movies you can let mplayer and vlc disable the screensaver while playing as well.
That doesn't seem to work here with VLC for some reason. I am going to try the terminal commands - but that's kind of kludgy IMO.
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#5 2012-01-30 00:48:56
- stryder
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Re: Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
I have xset -dpms;xset s noblank in my .xinitrc and it works. But everytime I play vlc I will have to reset it after the movie (no blanking during the movie). No issues if I use mplayer.
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#6 2012-01-30 00:52:58
- kleskjr
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Re: Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
There is a script which disables dpms while watching (vlc and flash): https://github.com/iye/lightsOn
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#7 2012-01-30 03:28:16
- David Batson
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Re: Permanently disable X/openbox screensaver (black screen after 10mins)
There is a script which disables dpms while watching (vlc and flash): https://github.com/iye/lightsOn
Good post!
Had to modify it a bit for it to work. Also added the Opera browser to the mix. In particular, pgrep -lc and pgrep -lfc choked. Modified those lines where necessary. Haven't tested with Firefox, Chromium or MPlayer, as I don't have them installed. Should work though. I do not have any screensaver installed, but my screen was blanking after a few minutes. The file below fixed that.
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