With debug logging below. At 14:49:27 I click to select the Advanced Tab, without changing anything. However the logs says "dpms_enabled_p: 1 => 0".
In any case, as I understand it, DPMS will stay enabled as long as you don't go looking at the Advanced tab. Tormod $ grep ^dpms ~/.xscreensaver dpmsEnabled: True dpmsQuickOff: False dpmsStandby: 0:01:00 dpmsSuspend: 0:02:00 dpmsOff: 0:03:00 tormod@susam:~/MAINT/debian-xscreensaver/build/xscreensaver-6.06$ xscreensaver-settings --debug xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: DISPLAY=:0 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: added "/usr/libexec/xscreensaver" to $PATH xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkSpinButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkCheckButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkCheckButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkCheckButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkRadioButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: pref changed: GtkRadioButton xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: list selection changed xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: scheduling preview "squirtorus --root" xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: reading /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/squirtorus.xml... xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: scheduling preview "squirtorus --root" xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: restore origin: 3120,438 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: reading /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/squirtorus.xml... xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: scheduling preview "squirtorus --root" xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: select list elt 210 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: scheduling preview "squirtorus --root" xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: reading /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/squirtorus.xml... xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: scheduling preview "squirtorus --root" xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: xscreensaver-gl-visual says the GL visual is 0x21. xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: using non-default visual 0x21 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: restore origin: 643,429 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: saved screenshot 0x2a00011 4480x1440 for window 0x2a00010 403x226+444+107 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:21: geom: 643,429 3120,438 => 633,419 3120,438 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:22: forked 225128 (squirtorus) xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:22: scheduling check xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:22: XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW=0x2A0012A xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:27: tab changed xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:27: pref changed: GtkNotebook xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:27: dpms_enabled_p: 1 => 0 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:27: wrote /home/tormod/.xscreensaver xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:27: command: DEACTIVATE xscreensaver-settings: no screensaver is running on display :0 xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:27: scheduling preview death xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:28: pid 225132 died xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:28: killed pid 225128 (squirtorus) xscreensaver-settings: 14:49:38: quit menu On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM Tormod Volden <debian.tor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 9:09 AM Klaus Ethgen wrote: > > With this version, DPMS is not working anymore. The screen always is on > > and does not go to sleep anymore. > > Hi, thanks for your report. Which version did you use before? > > It looks like I can reproduce this. I enable settings in the GUI and: > > $ grep ^dpms ~/.xscreensaver > dpmsEnabled: True > dpmsQuickOff: False > dpmsStandby: 0:01:00 > dpmsSuspend: 0:02:00 > dpmsOff: 0:03:00 > > It stays the same after closing the settings. After opening the > settings GUI again, it stays "True" in the file until I switch to the > "Advanced" tab, where I find it disabled again. > > $ grep ^dpms ~/.xscreensaver > dpmsEnabled: False > dpmsQuickOff: False > dpmsStandby: 0:01:00 > dpmsSuspend: 0:02:00 > dpmsOff: 0:03:00 > > It looks like opening the Advanced panel forces the "Power Management > Enabled" to off. > > Best regards, > Tormod
