On Tuesday 23 June 2020 01:47:00 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 22 June 2020 15:28:17 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 22 June 2020 13:56:08 William Morder via trinity-users wrote: > > > On Monday 22 June 2020 10:33:02 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Monday 22 June 2020 12:50:51 William Morder via trinity-users > > > > wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > Not there. > > > > > > I had to look up the name, because I've just had it sitting there > > > for years; once configured, I usually don't touch stuff. > > > > > > So it's called the "Resize and Rotate System Tray App". (See > > > attachment for screenshot.) I clicked on help or about to find out > > > the name. > > > > > > Maybe you need to install it, or just find it. I forget how it is > > > that it found a home in my system tray, but it's a KDE3/TDE app. > > > > > > I *believe* that it may be part of another package, perhaps > > > tdepowersave-trinity? In any case, I ran "apt-cache search" with > > > the terms "tray", "power", "resize" and "rotate", and that is the > > > only TDE app that seemed to fit all the search terms. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > 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.) > > > > > > > > Keyrect. With the missus in the shop, end stage COPD, I don't > > > > have a cat to walk on keys. Just me. > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > Found it, very dark blue, looks black at first glance. Had to get > > root, and then disabled dpms. So now we test for the umptieth time. > > Same failure to 'get' gamma on the apply, and that apparently > > generates the error, so I had to manually accept the new settings. > > But that error popup is behind its window so the only error warning > > is the audio whomp. > > > > IT S/B ON TOP OF THE XRANDR WINDOW!!!! No one can see it when it > > pops up behind the xrandr window. > > > > That needs fixed as its zero help but locks out every other action > > except the timeout/reject, so unless you grab the bar of its window > > and move it off center so you can see the error message. Otherwise > > if the sound is turned down/off, you've no visual clue its there. > > > > Thanks Bill. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > And it had no effect, xset still shows and does its thing at its usual > 450 seconds. So frustration reigns supreme. What the hell is reseting > it? > I have now turned off global display control. I'll click send on thje next minute > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>