On Saturday 03 October 2020 11:21:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2020 08:12:56 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > I would try > > > > > > apt remove lightdm light-locker > > > > and task-xfce, the meta installer file was also selected > > > > > and either installing xdm or just using startx to get X11 and > > > XFCE up when you want it. > > > > Which is for me, 100% of the time, so xdm installed. > > > > > -dsr > > > > did that and installed xdm, reboot is next. But apt claimed there > > were several hundred packages (353 count) that could be autoremoved. > > Is that normal after an iso install and update to 10.6? I did the > > autoremove, linuxcnc still runs, so I think we are in business. 34 > > minutes after the reboot: > > Lots of autoremovable packages are normal. I generally keep them > unless I have a space crunch. > > > Screen Saver: > > prefer blanking: no allow exposures: yes > > timeout: 0 cycle: 0 > > DPMS (Energy Star): > > Standby: 450 Suspend: 600 Off: 900 > > DPMS is Disabled > > > > I believe thats what we wanted. > > Exactly so. > > > The above now shows blanking off, expose on, and DPMS off after the > > reboot and no one has yet logged in locally, looks good. > > > > Thanks a bunch, Dan > > Not a problem. Thanks for stating your issue clearly. > > -dsr- And to you, Dan, you knew exactly what I wanted.
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