On Oct 7, 2017 4:48 AM, "Marc Espie" <es...@nerim.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 06:52:53AM -0300, x9p wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > If am running a video with mplayer, pause it, and lock X with xlock - my
> > monitors are not turned off for inactivity.
> >
> > If mplayer is not running, after a couple of minutes my monitors are
> > automatically turned off.
> >
> > I am trying to disable the energy saving without mplayer, so I run the
> > command:
> >
> > $ xset -dpms
> >
> > But it did not worked for me. Any hints on the proper way?
> >
> > cheers.
> >
>
> Have you tried switching to mpv ?
>

While it seems MPlayer wasn't at fault, I'm with Mark - upgrade to mpv.

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