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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
