Re: Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Clive Standbridge wrote: #~/bin/bash Unnecessary. That depends. In many cases it is necessary. (But note that it is #! not #~. Plus #!/bin/bash --login is my recommendation.) exec gnome-session That should be the only active line in .xsession 3. chmod +x .xsession

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-09 Thread Morgan Gangwere
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:59:05 -0700 Tech Geek xxx wrote: How is totem playing when .xinitrc is run? Not quite sure what you mean. This is the sequence. BIOS-Grub-System Boots-Systme Auto logs into GNOME-Totem Runs automatically (through

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-09 Thread Tech Geek
I'd put a zenity line in there ( zenity --info --text Run from .xinitrc ) that will wait for you to press 'ok' I tried it. I do get the dialog box but after clicking OK I get the dialog saying: Your last session only lasted for less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-09 Thread Tech Geek
OK after doing some more research I found the answer. 1. nano .xsession 2. Add contents: #~/bin/bash xset s off -dpms exec gnome-session 3. chmod +x .xsession 4. Make sure the session Xclient is selected in GDM. That's it!

Re: Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-09 Thread Clive Standbridge
You should be able to make this work for any session selected in gdm (or other display manager), and for sessions started with startx. OK after doing some more research I found the answer. 1. nano .xsession 2. Add contents: #~/bin/bash Unnecessary. xset s off -dpms Move that line

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-08 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Tech Geek techgeek12...@gmail.com writes: I have tried adding this to my /home/user/.xinitrc file: #!/bin/bash xset s off -dpms and made it executable: chmod +x .xinitrc but it is not able to retain the setting. Is xset the only X client when it is run? Xorg resets its state when the last

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-08 Thread Kevin Ross
On 09/08/2010 02:02 PM, Tech Geek wrote: Hi, I am using Debian Lenny on x86 machine. I need to make the following command permanent upon every boot: xset s off -dpms I am booting into GNOME with GDM. I have tried adding this to my /home/user/.xinitrc file: #!/bin/bash xset s off -dpms and

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-08 Thread Tech Geek
Is xset the only X client when it is run? Xorg resets its state when the last client connects... The only other active' program running is the totem player playing a .avi file. No network/ethernet cable is attached to the system. Also I forgot to mention that I am auto-logging into GNOME but

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-08 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Tech Geek techgeek12...@gmail.com writes: The only other active' program running is the totem player playing a .avi file. No network/ethernet cable is attached to the system. How is totem playing when .xinitrc is run? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-08 Thread Tech Geek
How is totem playing when .xinitrc is run? Not quite sure what you mean. This is the sequence. BIOS-Grub-System Boots-Systme Auto logs into GNOME-Totem Runs automatically (through sessions-startup script) .xinitrc file resides in my home directory /home/user/.xinitrc.