Mr. Tormod Volden is the maintainer of xscreensaver package of Debian. If multiple requests are sent to Mr. Volden, the same line to switch off LED backlights of laptop, with "xset dpms force off", could be implemented.
Hope in the coming days, Mr. Volden would receive several more requests. Best. Rajib Etc. ---------- Sent message ---------- From: Susmita/Rajib <bkpsusmi...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 21:53:00 +0530 Subject: Could your xscreensaver package be improved by switching off the LED backlights with "xset dpms force off"? To: Tormod Volden <deb***o...@gmail.com> To, Mr. Tormod Volden <debian.tor...@gmail.com> Maintainer of xscreensaver Dear Mr. Volden, For sometime I have been using the terminal to run the code: xautolock -time 1 -locker "xset dpms force off", and have found an excellent screensaver. While the xscreensaver doesn't switch off the LED light completely (a faint backlight glow remains), mine does totally, with a totally switched off screen. I also have two script files to do the same work iteratively in loops, but I fear that the loops might create more forks and consume more memory. Have posted the matter here for feedback: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/06/msg00436.html but haven't received any feedback yet. So I am using just the code in a terminal. Could xscreensaver have this aspect included within itself please? Best. Rajib Bandopadhyay A dedicated Knoppix and Debian user
