Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On 20/11/2024 11:31, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Does smplayer or mpv register a systemd inhibitor? Try: systemd-inhibit --list --no-pager --no-legend Sounds like a tool that may help to run rmmod for a TV receiver card before suspend (from a kaffeine thread several months ago) and to wait till

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:22:44 +0100 Hans wrote: > My hardware is a notebook Lenovo T-520, running debian/stable, fully > upgraded. I also have a t-520, running XFCE, and I have "Disable screensavers" checked. https://www.screensaversplanet.com/help/guides/mac/how-to-disable-the-screensaver-during

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

> In KDE (and maybe other windowmanagers) the screen is going black after a > while of doing nothing. This is especially annoying, when watching a video in > firefox i.e. from youtube or watching a video in VLC. Blanking seems acceptable if your video is running in some window somewhere, but if

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM Hans wrote: > > I am searching the cause of a little issue, which some day appeared. > > The issue is the following: > > In KDE (and maybe other windowmanagers) the screen is going black after a > while of doing nothing. This is especially annoying, when watching a

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM Hans wrote: > > I am searching the cause of a little issue, which some day appeared. > > The issue is the following: > > In KDE (and maybe other windowmanagers) the screen is going black after a > while of doing nothing. This is especially annoying, when watching a

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On Tue 19 Nov 2024 at 16:53:59 (+0100), Hans wrote: > Does this not set dpms off permanently? This was the workaround, I already > read > of. I had the hope of a setting, when watching video, dpms will be > automatically shut off. Script it then? > Since when did debian activate DPMS? As this

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On 19/11/2024 22:22, Hans wrote: The strange thing is: When watching a video with "smplayer" or with "mpv", then the screen is not going blank. My guess is that mpv properly inhibits screensaver, likely using a D-Bus call. S

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

Does this not set dpms off permanently? This was the workaround, I already read of. I had the hope of a setting, when watching video, dpms will be automatically shut off. Since when did debian activate DPMS? As this issue appeared after some upgrade, it must be added or activated somehow. Of co

Re: how avoid blank screen after some time

On 2024-11-19 16:22:44, Hans wrote: [SNIP] > Any ideas, from where this behaviour is controlled? Or some other ideas, like > this could be fixed? [SNIP] Hello, Maybe by adding this in your $HOME/.xinitrc: xset -dpms s off xset s 0 -dpms Regards Rand