James Knott composed on 2023-12-20 17:34 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
James Knott composed on 2023-12-19 22:17 (UTC-0500):
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
xset --help
Searching on the web turned up this: xset s off && xset s noblank && xset -dpms That appears to stop it from blanking during a video. It also appears to stop it from blanking when idle.
Make a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ containing:
Section "Monitor" Identifier "DefaultMonitor" Option "DPMS" "off" EndSection
I think that
Option "BlankTime" "120"
has similar effect.
I use the latter instead of the former on my main PC, but I also set screen power saving in personal settings to 120min. I normally don't watch videos of as much as 120m on a PC. I go lay in front of the TV for that, but I use the same settings for the PC connected to my TV. My Samsung PC screen stays on no matter what for 120m after last mouse or KB input, unless I flip off its nice mechanical power switch on its rear.
There is a file 50-monitor.conf there containing:
#Section "Monitor" # Identifier "Default Monitor" # # ## If your monitor doesn't support DDC you may override the # ## defaults here # #HorizSync 28-85 # #VertRefresh 50-100 # # ## Add your mode lines here, use e.g the cvt tool # #EndSection
Is that where I should put those lines?
You could. It's no longer provided in new TW installs. I would have thought it would have been gone by now in Leap too. Maybe in 15.6 it will be. That file as it currently exists does nothing. It's all comments, so you would need all the lines from my prior reply, or to uncomment those that are equivalent. The identifier can be anything other than null. Unlike Carlos' recommendation, this should affect any and every DE you might log into, should you ever log into something besides Plasma to watch your videos. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata