[opensuse] Screen saver and blanking
Having Googled for my problem and studied the wiki's etc. I am still dumbfounded that I am not able to get the screensaver running on my desktop for a period of time that I decide. In the Personal Settings (Configure Desktop) I did not find a possibility. Found somewhere via google that the file ~/.kde4/share/config/kscreensaverrc could be used to change the timing. The content of this file read as follows: [ScreenSaver] PlasmaEnabled=true Saver=krandom.desktop Timeout=420 The original timeout is 7 minutes so I just put two zeros at its end and expected to see a very long running sreensaver. No change. Seems to have to prolong the blanking of the screen. The screen time of the monitor is set to off. Where would I find a config file for the screen blanking? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.38-rc6-16-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 17:19pm up 16:59, 3 users, load average: 5.62, 3.41, 2.29 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 04 Mar 2011 11:54:06 C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Having Googled for my problem and studied the wiki's etc. I am still dumbfounded that I am not able to get the screensaver running on my desktop for a period of time that I decide. In the Personal Settings (Configure Desktop) I did not find a possibility.
It's in Hardware->Display & Monitor->Screen Saver->Start automatically after...
Found somewhere via google that the file ~/.kde4/share/config/kscreensaverrc could be used to change the timing. The content of this file read as follows:
[ScreenSaver] PlasmaEnabled=true Saver=krandom.desktop Timeout=420
The original timeout is 7 minutes so I just put two zeros at its end and expected to see a very long running sreensaver. No change.
Simply changing the config file is not enough to get the changes noticed without a relogin - you have to modify the file then tell the screensaver that the config has changed using dbus: "qdbus org.kde.screensaver /ScreenSaver configure" This is what the UI does on apply.
Seems to have to prolong the blanking of the screen. The screen time of the monitor is set to off. Where would I find a config file for the screen blanking?
Similar principles probably apply to the powerdevil config file, ~/.kde4/share/config/powerdevil2profilesrc (KDE 4.6, no '2' in earlier versions) so I'll just point you at the UI: Hardware->Power Management->Power Profiles and choose the profile you want to modify. HTH Will -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, March 05, 2011 03:04:40 AM Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 04 Mar 2011 11:54:06 C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Having Googled for my problem and studied the wiki's etc. I am still
Simply changing the config file is not enough to get the changes noticed without a relogin - you have to modify the file then tell the screensaver that the config has changed using dbus: "qdbus org.kde.screensaver /ScreenSaver configure" This is what the UI does on apply.
Seems to have to prolong the blanking of the screen. The screen time of the monitor is set to off. Where would I find a config file for the screen blanking?
Similar principles probably apply to the powerdevil config file, ~/.kde4/share/config/powerdevil2profilesrc (KDE 4.6, no '2' in earlier versions) so I'll just point you at the UI: Hardware->Power Management->Power Profiles and choose the profile you want to modify.
Thanks Will, Nice job for the sunday ;) -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.38-rc6-16-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 13:23pm up 0:10, 3 users, load average: 0.69, 1.13, 0.85 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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