On Sat 31 Aug 2024 at 18:01:59 (+1000), George at Clug wrote: > On Wednesday, 28-08-2024 at 11:31 Trish Fraser wrote: > > >On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: > > >> > > >>> Soooo, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the > > >>> screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do that to me > > >>> again. > > >> > > >> Seems like, in XFCE, you need to go into settings and disable the > > >> screensaver. > > If this helps anyone, my comment is: I don't use screensavers > either, so as described above, in XFCE's Power Manager, Display tab, I > set 'Blank after' to 'Never', 'Put to sleep after' to 'Never', 'Switch > off after' to 'Never, and then I select the "Display power management" > slider to off. > > In XFCE's Session and Startup, General tab, I unchecked "Lock screen > before sleep". > > I cannot remember making any other changes that are relevant to screen > savers or power management. > > I made these settings a year or so go, I have not had need to reapply > these settings (after updates or power off/on), and my screen does not > go blank while I am using my computer, my two monitors just continue > to show my linux screens.
And so should we assume Gene's report that he needs to actually login again after the screen locks itself is likely caused by confusing the unlocking screen with a login screen? Being DE-less, I haven't seen either screen, and am unable to make a judgment, but several webpages mentioned that confusion. Cheers, David.
