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rdb

Member

Registered: 2015-09-07

Posts: 9

[SOLVED] Can't disable DPMS

I am using i3wm with xss-lock. I can't disable dpms. I want to disable it permanently, but even temporarily I can't.

xset -dpms

doesn't work, the screen still goes black after 10 minutes. I tried putting

xset -dpms

and (not at the same time)

xset s off &

in .xinitrc, but that didn't do anything. I've also made the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor-conf, and put this:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "<default monitor>"
    Option "DPMS" "false"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "ServerLayout0"
    Option "StandbyTime" "0"
    Option "SuspendTime" "0"
    Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection

DIdn't do anything.

Edit: I solved this by adding the following lines to my i3 config:

exec --no-startup-id xset -dpms &
exec --no-startup-id xset s noblank &
exec --no-startup-id xset s off &

Last edited by rdb (2015-09-26 17:35:14)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Can't disable DPMS

Have you tried both at the same time?

xset -dpms; xset s off

works for me.

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amaro

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From: 5.11.1-1-ck-ivybridge, xfce

Registered: 2014-05-09

Posts: 364

Re: [SOLVED] Can't disable DPMS

I've tried many things to disable dpms including the ones you mention and now I have

(sleep 14s && xset -dpms) &
(sleep 14s && xset s off) &
(sleep 14s && xset s noexpose) &
(sleep 14s && xset s noblank) &

in my .xprofile file. I use xfce.

Last edited by amaro (2015-09-26 13:03:53)

Chazza

Wiki Maintainer

Registered: 2013-06-02

Posts: 506

Re: [SOLVED] Can't disable DPMS

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xf … y_blanking