Re: [opensuse] Plasma problem: energy saving not activated--mea culpa!

On 4/1/20 8:20 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Doug McGarrett [04-01-20 01:12]: [...]

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(A bit OT:)

more likely "off the wall"

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I am the only user on the system. When I select console, I get a login prompt Password: I seem to remember that when I installed the system the first (or almost first) screen I saw let me type in passwd and I gave it mine. I'm not afraid of goofs in the console-- the system is very good about catching them. I'm a child of PCLINUXOS and I'm allergic to SUDO. I think it's ridiculous! (I don't even remember how to get back to a user console,* except it's NOT exit. Exit shuts the console down.) *See instructions below.

yes, it is definitely not "exit". The command which has been repeated many times in this thread is "xset". And it definitely will not work unless invoked properly, ie: not as "exit".

Firat: OK, here's my sin: I just discovered that I had left a "Mouse Jiggler" plugged into a port. Of course the display would not shut down, and of course, it came back almost immediately. Second, someone thinks I should reinstall the whole system, and I have already stated that I'm using TW so I will hopefully never have to. Third: the way to get from a root console to a user console is: su - username no new password required So I can, if I want get to a restricted console.This turns the red prompts to black, with my username. Hope all is clear from my end, and I'm sorry if I confused a bunch of good folks reading here and helping others. --doug Everything is working properly now, but I don't know if the xset commands I entered earlier are controlling. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org