----- Original Message ----- > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 02:32:49PM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > > > > Can the screen shield be made always off? I.e., I would prefer not > > > > > to > > > The shield is lowered when the user goes idle. You can inhibit that from > > > happening, e.g. with > > > gnome-session-inhibit --inhibit idle --inhibit-only > > > > > > This will also prevent the screen from locking and prevent the monitor from > > going into power-saving mode, correct? > > You can separate shield from locking in gnome control center. I.e. you can > have a shield, but it doesn't have to lock the session. > > Alas, you always have to have the shield. The only other option is to disable > the idle detection (or inhibit it), which wastes energy (monitor doesn't > turn off). > > At home, I was used to bump the mouse to see my desktop. Now I have to drag > or hit Esc. It's not that much difficult, of course, but if I do it twenty > times a day, it becomes a bit annoying. The last time I tried, Bastion > Nocera successfully ignored my requests to avoid lowering shield when > session locking is disabled. It's trendy. I'm pretty sure "Bastion" rejected the idea, instead of simply ignoring it :) There's a gnome-shell extension to disable it. > On the other hand, I saw Windows 8 recently and I couldn't find a difference. > They copied GNOME's behavior perfectly. It felt like home :-) And that's how to disable it on Windows: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013667/8-worst-windows-8-irritations-and-how-to-fix-them.html The reason why it's there is the same as why it's in GNOME, it stops touches/keypresses/mouse clicks from getting to the apps for the time when the screen turns back on. So it's a requirement for touch devices, as well as for desktops and laptops that lack touch. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
