On Thu, 03 Aug 2017 01:52:41 +0000, bob prohaska wrote:

> 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.
>
I don't use a screensaver on my RPi because its run in headless mode and
only accessed via ssh, but I do use a screensaver on my Fedora systems.
Its one that works with the XFCE desktop package (XScreenSaver 5.37). It
has its own configuration which controls whether it shows a blank screen,
randomly chosen graphics, whether it needs a password to show the
desktop, etc.

My guess is that the screen will stay on unless the screensaver is
disabled or set to show a blank screen.


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