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.