On Monday 22 June 2020 07:11:52 Michael wrote:
> On Monday 22 June 2020 08:35:19 am Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Monday 22 June 2020 09:22:47 Felix Miata wrote:
> > > Maybe what works for me would work for you to enable watching a video.
> > > I set all three power save options in desktop settings to 120 minutes.
> >
> > I have tried that, up to 4000 4025 4050 minutes. Nominally 5 minutes
> > later it powers down, and an xset -q shows:
> > DPMS (Energy Star):
> >   Standby: 450    Suspend: 600    Off: 900
> >   DPMS is Enabled
> >   Monitor is On
> > And theres not a thing I can do about it.
> >
> > > Something else to try depends on a config file in which to put it,
> > > either in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/,
> > > included in Section "Monitor":
> > >
> > > 		Option	"DPMS"	"off"
>
> Longshot, but try creating a new user?  That'd at least isolate if it's a
> config file or a system issue?
>
> Best,
> Michael
>

There's a tiny blue rectangle (almost a square) in the system tray. 
Right-click, look for "configure displays", then go to the tab 
labelled "power management": unclick the box that says "enable DPMS power 
save modes"; or you can configure power saving to something that suits you 
better. 

(For a desktop I find that power saving is useless or even counterproductive, 
so I just switch off the monitor instead when not in use. On a laptop, or in 
a setting where one wants the screen to lock when unattended, this is a 
different matter, but I imagine it's just Gene hanging out at home.) 

Also, VLC allows turning off power saving while actively watching a video; I 
don't know, but I imagine other media players do something similar. 

Bill