Re: dpms control?

From	Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: dpms control?
Date	2020-06-20 21:20 +0200
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On Saturday 20 June 2020 12:02:51 Brian wrote:

> On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> > I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks
> > in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect.  So how do I
> > shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a
> > device to rock the mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals seems
> > like a huge waste of time and metal cutting tools to make it.
> >
> > So, how can I kill the blanker for several hours or all day/night if
> > need be?
>
> In my .xsession I have
>
>   xset -dpms
>   xset s off <-I didn't have this, set from the command line, thanks
>   xset s noblank
>
> It works for me.


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-20 17:30 +0200
  Re: dpms control? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-06-20 18:10 +0200
    Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-20 21:20 +0200
      Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-20 23:20 +0200
    Re: dpms control? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-21 00:20 +0200
      Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-21 00:30 +0200
  Re: dpms control? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-21 00:30 +0200
    Re: dpms control? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-21 00:30 +0200
    Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-21 00:40 +0200
      Re: dpms control? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-21 02:10 +0200
        Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-21 02:30 +0200
      Re: dpms control? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-21 02:20 +0200
        Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-21 02:40 +0200
          Re: dpms control? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-21 03:00 +0200
            Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-21 03:20 +0200
              Re: dpms control? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-26 21:50 +0200
                Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-26 22:40 +0200
                Re: dpms control? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-26 23:30 +0200
                Re: dpms control? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-27 17:30 +0200
                Re: dpms control? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-06-27 18:40 +0200

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