I have the screen energy saving timeout set to 15 minutes, but my screen shuts down after 5. Is there something else I should set. I have rebooted after changing the setting to ensure it would work. tnx jk
On 2024-08-07 14:23, James Knott wrote:
I have the screen energy saving timeout set to 15 minutes, but my screen shuts down after 5. Is there something else I should set. I have rebooted after changing the setting to ensure it would work.
tnx jk
Do you perhaps have another screensaver running, eg. xscreensaver?
On 2024-08-07 18:21, James Knott wrote:
On 8/7/24 20:08, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
Do you perhaps have another screensaver running, eg. xscreensaver?
Not that I'm aware of. This is a fresh install of 15.6 and I did nothing to install or run one. Is it a desktop or a laptop? If the latter, there is a separate setting you have to make if it is on battery.
On Thursday 08 August 2024 12:30:14 (+12:00), James Knott wrote: On 8/7/24 20:27, Darryl Gregorash wrote: Not that I'm aware of. This is a fresh install of 15.6 and I did nothing to install or run one. Is it a desktop or a laptop? If the latter, there is a separate setting you have to make if it is on battery. Desktop. Have you checked that Screen Locking is turned off?
On 8/10/24 9:42 PM, James Knott wrote:
On 8/7/24 20:36, anothergrump--- via openSUSE Users wrote:
Have you checked that Screen Locking is turned off?
I turned it off, but the screen still goes black after 5 minutes, not 15.
James, In the old days console blanking for the terminal used to work on a default 5 minute timeout and 6 minute powerdown. This was enabled by default up though the kernel in the 5.x days (maybe 4.x days) it has been a while. You recover that capability using setterm, e.g. # setterm -blank 5 -powerdown 6 It is a long-shot, but if that is somehow being invoked, and the base terminal (I guess vt7) is blanking at 5 minutes, that could do it. Though with a gui running -- it shouldn't. Others will have to chime in on how this is even possible -- if it is, but that is another 5 min. timeout associate with blanking to look at. You may just open a terminal and try: # setterm -blank 15 -powerdown 20 (or whatever time you like, -blank 0 should disable) and see if that makes a difference. man setterm gives details. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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