How to control mode entered after specific inactivity time?

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	How to control mode entered after specific inactivity time?
Date	2020-07-22 11:50 +0200
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My search attempts likely failed because I didn't know the appropriate 
terms.

After some initial inactivity the screen blanks and can can be brought 
back to life by mouse movement.
After a longer period of inactivity one must touch the power button.

What are the correct names for these states?

How does a user (preferably not root) control the timing of entering 
these states?
I know that I've reset them because the defaults were inconvenient. Now 
they are inappropriate. I'm using Debian 9.8.

TIA

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How to control mode entered after specific inactivity time? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-22 11:50 +0200
  Re: How to control mode entered after specific inactivity time? Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-07-22 15:20 +0200
    [SOLVED] Re: How to control mode entered after specific inactivity  time? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-22 15:50 +0200
  Re: How to control mode entered after specific inactivity time? grumpy@mailfence.com - 2020-07-22 16:10 +0200

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