Re: [PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:31:57 -0500 Tomas Kuchta dijo: >These days, screensaver is disabled through dBus, so individual >applications can, and do, disable it as appropriate. > >Firefox does that when you play video, libreOffice in presentation >mode, etc. However, VLC fails on Xubuntu 20.04.1.

Re: [PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Tomas Kuchta
These days, screensaver is disabled through dBus, so individual applications can, and do, disable it as appropriate. Firefox does that when you play video, libreOffice in presentation mode, etc. Hope that is the case in whatever distro you use. Tomas On Fri, Nov 12, 2021, 14:57 Dick Steffens w

[PLUG] Resolved: Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Dick Steffens
On 11/12/21 1:24 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: It varies. From time to time I'm running something that doesn't inhibit screensaver mode. Right now I'm copying a bunch of files between two machines. I'm using gigolo on the Linux Mint machine to view files on

Re: [PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: It varies. From time to time I'm running something that doesn't inhibit screensaver mode. Right now I'm copying a bunch of files between two machines. I'm using gigolo on the Linux Mint machine to view files on the Xubuntu machine. These are long copies,

Re: [PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Vince Winter
You can try changing the power management and the screensaver options? On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 12:31 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 11/12/21 12:26 PM, Vince Winter wrote: > > Not that I am aware of something in Linux Mint Cinnamon or Mate. > Depending > > on the program running it will usually hol

Re: [PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Dick Steffens
On 11/12/21 12:26 PM, Vince Winter wrote: Not that I am aware of something in Linux Mint Cinnamon or Mate. Depending on the program running it will usually hold off the screensaver/power saver mode. What are you trying to do with presentation mode exactly? It varies. From time to time I'm runn

Re: [PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Vince Winter
Not that I am aware of something in Linux Mint Cinnamon or Mate. Depending on the program running it will usually hold off the screensaver/power saver mode. What are you trying to do with presentation mode exactly? On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 11:57 AM Dick Steffens wrote: > In Xubuntu I have an ico

[PLUG] Presentation mode in Linux Mint Mate

2021-11-12 Thread Dick Steffens
In Xubuntu I have an icon with a lightening bolt that offers "Presentation mode". I'm trying to find the same thing in Linux Mint Mate. My DDG searches don't turn up anything, and I'm wondering if there's another name for preventing entering screen saver? -- Regards, Dick Steffens

[PLUG] Resolved: virtualbox extension pack -- doesn't respond to

2021-11-12 Thread Dick Steffens
On 11/12/21 1:01 AM, TomasK wrote: sudo virtualbox Ora.. & Then scroll down and accept it. I figured out the scroll down part. The part that isn't mentioned is the use of the key. The OK needs to highlight before it can be accepted. -- Regards, Dick Steffens

Re: [PLUG] virtualbox extension pack -- doesn't respond to

2021-11-12 Thread TomasK
sudo virtualbox Ora.. & Then scroll down and accept it. -T On Thu, 2021-11-11 at 16:25 -0800, Dick Steffens wrote: > I'm installing virtualbox on a new machine. I try to add the > extension > pack, but it comes up with the license agreement and won't accept a > . Ideas? >