On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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->... > > > I am aware of presentation mode. It seems there is no way to decouple the two - screensaver and dpms. As I mentioned, it does make a difference when I do a video+audio out over hdmi. I do not understand why it should make a difference if it is only a black window on top of whatever I was currently playing. Anyway, thanks for your input. I will look for other workarounds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
