On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:43:26 +0800 P Purkayastha <[email protected]> said:
> Hi devs, > > I am a bit confused by the behavior of e with regard to setting > screen saver and dpms. > > TLDR; My question: is it possible to disable screensaver and enable only > dpms? > > > Long version: > ------------- > > IIRC, there used to be a separate screen saver setting, but it is > missing nowadays. The current behavior I get is the following: > > 1. Default: screensaver and dpms are both enabled. > > ~» xset q | grep -wE '(Screen Saver|DPMS)' -A3 > Screen Saver: > prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes > timeout: 300 cycle: 0 > Colors: > -- > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 305 Suspend: 306 Off: 307 > DPMS is Enabled > Monitor is On > > > > 2. Disable "Enable Screen Blanking" and it turns off both screen saver > and dpms: > > ~» xset q | grep -wE '(Screen Saver|DPMS)' -A3 > Screen Saver: > prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes > timeout: 0 cycle: 0 > Colors: > -- > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 305 Suspend: 306 Off: 307 > DPMS is Disabled > > > > 3. In X, it is possible to set them off separately. > > ~» xset s off > ~» xset q | grep -wE '(Screen Saver|DPMS)' -A3 > Screen Saver: > prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes > timeout: 0 cycle: 0 > Colors: > -- > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 305 Suspend: 306 Off: 307 > DPMS is Enabled > Monitor is On > > > I have noticed that it makes a difference if I am playing some video > via VLC: > > 3a. If I have screen saver off, then the screen does not go blank. > > 3b. If I do not disable screen saver, then the screen goes blank after > 5min irrespective of whether dpms is set or not. This is very > troublesome, especially if I display a playing video or movie over hdmi. > There is a huge amount of static in audio while the display goes off. go into presentation mode. and what you mention has nothing to do with dpms vs screensaver being separate or not. screensaver would normally replace your screen with a big black window without turning it off. dpms actually turns it off. e intercepts the screensaver black window thing and uses it as a signal to tell the compositor to "dim" (so a fade out anim happens). the dpms is just timed to kick in 5-7 secs later or so. its an either-or choice here. you get the dim then turn off of screen, or you get nothing at all (screen stays on)(. presentation mode is a temporary way of doing this. if you release screen black soon after it asks you about presentation mode anyway for convenience. pres mode is in main menu -> settings->modes->... -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
