Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-09-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 28/08/2024 01:58, gene heskett wrote: wakeup time is 5 + seconds by which time a sleeve caught on a chuck jaw has already tried to rip an arm off. Taking into account your approach to configure applications so sudo chmod 644 /etc/xdp/autostart/xscreensaver.desktop You need a larger red h

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-09-01 Thread Lee
On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 10:57 AM David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 01 Sep 2024 at 01:05:21 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > On 8/31/24 22:58, David Wright wrote: > > > And so should we assume Gene's report that he needs to actually login > > > again after the screen locks itself is likely caused by con

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-09-01 Thread David Wright
On Sun 01 Sep 2024 at 01:05:21 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 8/31/24 22:58, David Wright wrote: > > And so should we assume Gene's report that he needs to actually login > > again after the screen locks itself is likely caused by confusing the > > unlocking screen with a login screen? Being DE-

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-31 Thread gene heskett
On 8/31/24 22:58, David Wright wrote: On Sat 31 Aug 2024 at 18:01:59 (+1000), George at Clug wrote: On Wednesday, 28-08-2024 at 11:31 Trish Fraser wrote: On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the screen blanker? And I mean no chance

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-31 Thread gene heskett
On 8/31/24 22:58, David Wright wrote: On Sat 31 Aug 2024 at 18:01:59 (+1000), George at Clug wrote: On Wednesday, 28-08-2024 at 11:31 Trish Fraser wrote: On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the screen blanker? And I mean no chance

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-31 Thread David Wright
On Sat 31 Aug 2024 at 18:01:59 (+1000), George at Clug wrote: > On Wednesday, 28-08-2024 at 11:31 Trish Fraser wrote: > > >On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: > > >> > > >>> S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the > > >>> screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-31 Thread George at Clug
On Saturday, 31-08-2024 at 18:01 George at Clug wrote: > On Wednesday, 28-08-2024 at 11:31 Trish Fraser wrote: > > >On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: > > >> > > >>> S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the > > >>> screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do tha

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-31 Thread George at Clug
On Wednesday, 28-08-2024 at 11:31 Trish Fraser wrote: > >On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: > >> > >>> S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the > >>> screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do that to me > >>> again. > >> > >> Seems like, in XFCE, you need to go

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-30 Thread David Wright
On Wed 28 Aug 2024 at 11:13:16 (-0400), gene heskett wrote⁰: > On 8/27/24 21:03, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 26 Aug 2024 at 15:42:56 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > > > David Wright composed on 2024-08-26 14:36 (UTC-0400): > > > > > > > ¹ touch Ctrl, the key at the extreme bottom left of the keyb

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread Trish Fraser
>On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: >> >>> S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the >>> screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do that to me >>> again. >> >> Seems like, in XFCE, you need to go into settings and disable the >> screensaver. >> >> Good luck! >>

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread David Wright
On Tue 27 Aug 2024 at 14:58:14 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 8/26/24 14:37, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 26 Aug 2024 at 10:29:10 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > > xfce4 desktop, running linuxcnc, [ … ] > > > came across a dangerous situation yesterday. > > > > > > Basically using the lathe

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 02:44:52PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 8/26/24 14:25, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:29:10AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > Gene, > > > > First things first: where did the image come from? > > 32 or 64 bit? Exact version string from uname -

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread gene heskett
On 8/26/24 14:37, David Wright wrote: On Mon 26 Aug 2024 at 10:29:10 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: xfce4 desktop, running linuxcnc, [ … ] came across a dangerous situation yesterday. Basically using the lathe as a jig to hold a long piece I was tapping by hand, powered up but stopped. screen bla

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread gene heskett
On 8/26/24 14:25, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:29:10AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a closed garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. Gene, First things first: where did the image come from?

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread tomas
On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 01:56:43PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > gene heskett composed on 2024-08-27 10:14 (UTC-0400): > > > tomas@ wrote: > > >> Assuming, again, you are under X11, there is "xset s off", which would > >> disable the screensaver *and* the DPMS blanking. See the xset man page > >> f

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread Felix Miata
gene heskett composed on 2024-08-27 10:14 (UTC-0400): > tomas@ wrote: >> Assuming, again, you are under X11, there is "xset s off", which would >> disable the screensaver *and* the DPMS blanking. See the xset man page >> for all the gory details. This [1] is a good overview for all the >> other t

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread gene heskett
On 8/26/24 14:09, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: On Mon, 26 Aug 2024, gene heskett wrote: rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a closed garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. xfce4 desktop, running linuxcnc, which controls all 255 volt power to an

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread gene heskett
On 8/26/24 13:27, Trish Fraser wrote: S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do that to me again. Seems like, in XFCE, you need to go into settings and disable the screensaver. Good luck! That I'm assuming is canceled

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread gene heskett
On 8/26/24 12:46, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:29:10AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a closed garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. [...] You have provided lots of details which don't help u

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread tomas
On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 10:14:59AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 8/26/24 12:46, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > Assuming, again, you are under X11, there is "xset s off" [...] > That apparently turned it off for this boot. Good news! [...] > so It is always turned off? I think its runnin

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-27 Thread gene heskett
On 8/26/24 12:46, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:29:10AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a closed garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. [...] You have provided lots of details which don't help u

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread Max Nikulin
On 27/08/2024 01:46, Thomas Schmitt wrote: In these modern times, home office slave workers need ways to simulate relentless activity. Google "mouse jiggler", "auto clicker". There are mechanical mouse platforms, pseudo-mouse USB devices, and even software emulated mice. This case it would be e

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread Stefan Monnier
> - most of the desktop environments incorporate some element of screen > blanking for security (or power saving). There's also "burn in" for some monitor technologies. Stefan

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2024-08-26 14:36 (UTC-0400): > ¹ touch Ctrl, the key at the extreme bottom left of the keyboard, > to defeat it. Are you sure? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_keyboard_-.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AT_keyboard_original_layout.png https://

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread mick.crane
On 2024-08-26 15:29, gene heskett wrote: S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the screen blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do that to me again. In Settings>Power Manager I selected "do nothing" or "never" for all the options. If want to blank the monitor I use t

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, gene heskett wrote: > xfce4 desktop, > screen blanker came on and locked me out till I logged back in If everything else fails: In these modern times, home office slave workers need ways to simulate relentless activity. Google "mouse jiggler", "auto clicker". There are mechanical mouse platf

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread David Wright
On Mon 26 Aug 2024 at 10:29:10 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > xfce4 desktop, running linuxcnc, [ … ] > came across a dangerous situation yesterday. > > Basically using the lathe as a jig to hold a long piece I was tapping > by hand, powered up but stopped. screen blanker came on and locked me > ou

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:29:10AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a closed > garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. > Gene, First things first: where did the image come from? Is it originally from Raspberry Pi OS?

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread fxkl47BF
On Mon, 26 Aug 2024, gene heskett wrote: > rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a > closed garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. > > xfce4 desktop, running linuxcnc, which controls all 255 volt power to an > 11x56" lathe with several horsepower at its

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread Stefan Monnier
> S, what do I remove to absolutely, permanently disable the screen > blanker? And I mean no chance it can ever do that to me again. IME, this is a bit of an uphill battle, sadly. Basically, lots of tools can request/cause some kind of "screen blanking" so you can never be sure you've disable

Re: need help killing screen blanker

2024-08-26 Thread tomas
On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:29:10AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > rpib runniing bookworm. Private net. rt-preempt kernel. Security is a closed > garage door and lead projectiles for unwanted guests. [...] You have provided lots of details which don't help us help you. But, alas, you left out the in