Re: turn off monitors when logged out

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On 06/17/2015 08:26 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 07:33:53AM -0500, SternData wrote:
>> On 06/17/2015 04:58 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:41:45PM -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>> The monitors turn off normally when I'm logged in and idle for 20
>>>> minutes but since the upgrade to F22, the monitors stay on when I'm
>>>> logged out.
>>>>
>>>> Where do I tell gdm to turn off the screens if the system is idle for
>>>> more than X minutes while logged out?
>>>
>>> If you are using Gnome, your desktop settings should also apply to gdm.
>>> If you use something else, I would guess you need to use the gnome power
>>> management application to replicate your desktop settings.
>>>
>>> In case you are not using Gnome, I would recommend switching to
>>> something like lightdm.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>
>> 1. I am using Gnome, with Xscreensaver.
>>
>> 2. Power manager settings are to blank the screen after 8 minutes
>>
>> But the screens do not blank or suspend when logged out.
> 
> I dunno about F21/22, but on older systems, Xscreensaver doesn't
> necessarily get along real well with Gnome Screensaver. If you've
> actually got Xscreensaver, you prolly need to REMOVE the Gnome
> screensaver, then redo the settings on Xscreensaver, select
> "restart daemon" and see what happens then.
> 
> 
gnome-screensaver is not installed. What's to lose? I'm going to
uninstall xscreensaver and use gnome-screensaver to see if that fixes
things.

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-- Steve
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