[ SOLVED ] Cant stop monitor going to sleep

whitetimer · 2010-10-29 12:56:28

Hi .... How can i stop the monitor going to sleep after about 5 or 10 minutes of being idle ? I have tried xfce4-power-manager and that has no effect no matter what settings i try ..

Any suggestions please ?

Many thanks

Last edited by whitetimer (2010-10-29 15:45:20)

skunktrader · 2010-10-29 13:28:50

"xset s off" - to disable the screen blanking
"xset -dpms" - to disable the power saving

whitetimer · 2010-10-29 13:42:57

Excellent Skunktrader ... Many Thanks

I could add xset s off to .xinitrc couldn't i ?

manmachine · 2010-10-29 13:53:44

putting:

Option         "DPMS" "False"

in the monitor section of xorg.conf should do the trick i think.

whitetimer · 2010-10-29 14:01:21

@manmachine

Oh right, thats something i didn't know, i think mine is set to true ...

Cheers

whitetimer · 2010-10-29 14:39:00

No having done what was suggested, the problem still persists .....

madeye · 2010-10-29 15:38:13

I have added the following to my "ServerLayout" section in xorg.conf to keeping my monitor from going into powersave mode

Option "Blank time" "0"
Option "standby time" "0"
Option "suspend time" "0"
Option "off time" "0"

And I haven't changed any settings in the monitor section.

whitetimer · 2010-10-29 15:44:59

Yes of course, i'd completely forgotten about those !!!

Cheers

manmachine · 2010-10-29 19:27:30

All i have is Option "DPMS" "False" in my xorg.conf, but i suppose setting the timers to zero would, as a side-effect, turn dpms off as well.
Blank Time is the default timer for the screensaver.

man xorg.conf

Option "StandbyTime"  "time":
               It is only enabled for screens that have the
              "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).

In any case you must restart xorg, and then check with

xset q | grep -i standby
xset q | grep -i dpms

to make sure.

Last edited by manmachine (2010-10-29 19:31:01)

skunktrader · 2010-10-29 19:31:42

Don't forget that by default, the xfce4-power-manager overrides those values. See General options --> "Monitor power management control"

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