On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:39:01 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 09:33:47AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 21:44:27 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said: > > > > > Howdy, > > > > > > I have the deb package, and the screen lock never comes on unless I > > > manually tell E to lock. > > > > > > I do find screen lock settings but they don't seem to show a timeout. > > > > screen -> screen lock -> timers -> lock after blanking > > > > you can select how long after. locking is done either manually, by blanking > > (set blanking timeout as above) or a lock after suspend. there isn't a > > separate lock timeout on its own (no real point - auto lock when you are > > away and if you > > understood, I couldn't find it, now I have, thanks. > Now it seems that my main issue is that my screen won't blank, so lock > (20 seconds later) doesn't happen either. > > sauron:~$ xset q > Keyboard Control: > (...) > Screen Saver: > prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes > timeout: 60 cycle: 0 this is suspicious. if e had set this, it'd be 1 second. not 60. dpms it always set to screenblank time + 10sec (and the suspend +11, off +12). you know e set it if this is what it says. e.g.: Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 900 cycle: 0 DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 910 Suspend: 911 Off: 912 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On Any axny x client can set screensaver timeout so beware what other apps/tools/services you run. > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 11 Suspend: 12 Off: 13 > DPMS is Enabled > Monitor is On > > things look good. try close your web browser (chrome). :) > > bluetooth lock devices too. when that bt device goes away (can't be pinged) > > e will auto-lock if you set it as a lock devices. it's in the bt gadget > > popup in the controls per device you paired. > > oh yes, that's nice. I don't have one, but could get one. Ideally this should > work with my phone, but maybe my phone BT has too much range (charging in > another room would still keep the laptop awake) > > > i removed presentation mode. there are actions now you can bind to turn > > blanking on/off (under Screen -> Blanking On/Off/Toggle). so bind some key > > combo to it. :) > > Everything shows that it should blank (see screenshot) but does not. > > I tried to set the timeout to 0.1m (6 sec), I can't find anywhere if E > thinks blanking is currently enabled or not (a widget or status would > help), I set CTRL+SHIFT+B to blanking on, apply, hit CTRL+SHIFT+B, wait > and nothing, no blanking, and as a result, no screen lock either. > > I had synergy and killed it. I also had mplayer and killed it just in > case they were stopping X from sleeping. > > What else could it be? web browser. steam too. i wouldnt trust synergy either... try not using that. either way - kill off things other than e. chrome has a nasty bug involving suspending the screensavers and it will never un-suspend this unless you kill off the browser. then it'll work. it is 100% a chrome bug the moment you play any media (e.g. youtube or any ad with video, spotify too etc.). i've checked and used a hacked up xscreensaver lib to print out when something tries to suspend blanking and chrome does this badly/wrong (and it talks to the xserver to do this - not e. has nothing to do with e). > Marc > -- > "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. > > Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP > 7F55D5F27AAF9D08 > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
