Roger Bell_West  wrote:
>
> I don't work with GUI control panels, but
>
> xset +dpms
>
> should be a good start, and possibly reducing the timings a bit might
> help.
>
> xset dpms 300 600 1200
>
> would put the monitor into standby after 5 minutes, suspend after 10,
> off after 20.

The result is curious. Issuing
sudo xset dpms 300 600 1200
caused the screen to blank for 5 minutes, then the screensaver came
on and stayed on, the monitor never went to "yellow light" mode.

xset q now reports


Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  30
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  20/10    threshold:  10
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  0
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
 
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/font
s/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/u
sr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 7200    Suspend: 7200    Off: 14400
  DPMS is Disabled

It seems the command didn't take, but there were no error messages.

Thanks for writing, if you think of something else  to try please
post!

bob prohaska

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