cant find where to get monitor display to stay on so it doesnt go black after 2 min's

joyspirited · 02-28-2010, 06:41 PM

I could easily go to ms system monitor display by clicking on background of desktop and finding it through there to change settings related to desktop. I want to be able to watch a movie without the desktop screen saver thing going off. where can extend it to longer than 2-3 minutes on linux mint?
thanks

I found it via the control center, under display.

MS3FGX · 02-28-2010, 06:52 PM

For what it's worth, many (most?) video players will have an option to disable your screensaver during playback.

naquad · 03-01-2010, 05:53 AM

from http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/xorg.conf.5.html :

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Option "BlankTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the blanking phase of the screensaver. time is in minutes. This is equivalent to the Xorg server's `-s' flag, and the value can be changed at run-time with xset(1x) . Default: 10 minutes.
Option "StandbyTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "standby" phase of DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run-time with xset(1x) . Default: 20 minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be supported by all video drivers. It is only enabled for screens that have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).
Option "SuspendTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "suspend" phase of DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run-time with xset(1x) . Default: 30 minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be supported by all video drivers. It is only enabled for screens that have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).
Option "OffTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "off" phase of DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run-time with xset(1x) . Default: 40 minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be supported by all video drivers. It is only enabled for screens that have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).

forgot to add: thats all in ServerFlags section

catweasel28 · 03-01-2010, 01:13 PM

From the Start Menu choose System - Control Centre (it's the fifth item up in my Helena 8.0).
In the Control Centre window choose Look and Feel - Screensaver.
You can then set the slider to the time you want. There is also a button for Power Management where you can disable this annoying feature too!

Linulin · 03-01-2010, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joyspirited

I want to be able to watch a movie without the desktop screen saver thing going off.

Code:

xset -dpms
xset s off

MS3FGX · 03-01-2010, 02:28 PM

FYI, the OP already fixed the problem on his own, as you can see from his edit. He should mark this as SOLVED.

tredegar · 03-01-2010, 04:06 PM

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FYI, the OP already fixed the problem on his own, as you can see from his edit. He should mark this as SOLVED.

Am I the only one who hates it when the original poster (OP) goes back and edits the post so the question is no longer in its original form, and the follow-ups no longer make any sense because the OP has edited the first post?

Please don't edit your original post when there have already been replies to it.

Just answer the replies, with additional information as required, appended to the thread posted here.

hasienda · 03-02-2010, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tredegar

Am I the only one who hates it when the original poster (OP) goes back and edits the post so the question is no longer in its original form, and the follow-ups no longer make any sense because the OP has edited the first post?

100 % agree. I must confess, reading the thread from the start I was totally confused before I read your post as to where to find the actual question. This is counter-intuitive and takes away the joy of reading. And if someone cares, the post counter for the OP is messed up too.

FireRaven · 03-03-2010, 12:38 AM

Does anyone know the answer to this for CLI server distributions like Ubuntu Server?