Hey there,
On my Thinkpad T490, something is keeping the display awake such
that XScreensaver will not lock the machine, and DPMS will never let
the screen turn off.
There are lots of suspects, with the trackpad, the nipple, and a
Lenovo wireless keyboard&mouse attached. However, even after
This normally happens when movie player or VNC turns it off (you don't
want the screen locking while the movie is playing).
If any of such programs were terminated before they could restore the
regular behaviour, the screen won't lock.
Try using "xset q" to see what the current state is. Yo
On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:00:43 +0200 martin f krafft said:
It's probably your browser. close it. It might also be the steam client.
> Hey there,
>
> On my Thinkpad T490, something is keeping the display awake such
> that XScreensaver will not lock the machine, and DPMS will never let
> the scre
Regarding the following, written by "Vladimir Dergachev" on 2022-07-21 at 17:28
Uhr -0400:
If any of such programs were terminated before they could restore
the regular behaviour, the screen won't lock.
Nah, the problem is different. If I run `xscreensaver-command
-lock`, then the screen lock
On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 20:10:11 +0200 martin f krafft said:
> Regarding the following, written by "Vladimir Dergachev" on 2022-07-21 at
> 17:28 Uhr -0400:
> >If any of such programs were terminated before they could restore
> >the regular behaviour, the screen won't lock.
>
> Nah, the problem is d
On Sat, 23 Jul 2022, martin f krafft wrote:
Regarding the following, written by "Vladimir Dergachev" on 2022-07-21 at 17:28
Uhr -0400:
As Carsten suggested, it seems that it's Firefox. I've quit the browser, and now xset q
reports "Monitor is Off" (logged in over SSH), which it hasn't done
Thanks, Carsten, for your work, and the elaborate explanation.
I can somewhat understand inhibiting the screensaver when there's a
video playing in the foreground, but certainly not for background
activity. But this is an issue to take up with the Mozilla dudes.
I don't believe that there sho
I don't frequent Youtube, and I don't generally see ads. I might
have Reddit open, so that could be it. Not exactly happy about this,
and I will take it over to Mozilla and see what they say. At least
this should be configurable.
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