On Tue, 2 May 2023 15:14:27 +0000 Ted Mittelstaedt <t...@portlandia-it.com> wrote:
> From the following > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4466/screen-turns-on-automatically-xset-dpms-force-off > > is this awful hack: > > I used cron with this set to run every 5 mins (enter crontab -e from the > command-line as your X11 logged in user): > > */5 * * * * /usr/bin/env DISPLAY=:0.0 xset -dpms > > Or even worse: > > If non of the above worked for you. I had the same problem on a 64bit linux > mint machine. The only thing that worked for me was this python script : > > import sys, select, subprocess > while True: > p = subprocess.Popen(['xset', 'dpms', 'force', 'off'], > stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) > if sys.stdin in select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], 0)[0]: > break > > Of course, he also did misspell the word "none" LOL > > I feel there is something smelly in the garbage when you have to write a > frigging program to slap down what the eco-greenie warriors feel justified in > forcing on you. Sigh. > huh. that's strange. as I was saying I did 'xset -dpms' once and had no problems overnight. i'll wait a couple of hours and check to see if the xset status has changed. I'm sure it worked though, if i don't disable it i get 1 -2 hours maximum and then it blanks out. Brian
