[SOLVED] Fluxbox configuration question

Bertman123 · 11-17-2013, 01:24 PM

I'm using fluxbox and am trying to stop the screen on my laptop from going to sleep. Does anyone have any ideas how I can do this?

number22 · 11-17-2013, 02:12 PM

either edit file /etc/X11/xorg.conf or find it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-serverflag.conf
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "17"
Option "StandbyTime" "20"
Option "SuspendTime" "25"
Option "OffTime" "30"
EndSection

or find DPMS in Section "Monitor" or "Device" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf etc.
Option "DPMS" "no"

GazL · 11-17-2013, 02:15 PM

Either put something like this in your xorg.conf

Code:

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "BlankTime" "20"
    Option         "StandbyTime" "0"
    Option         "SuspendTime" "0"
    Option         "OffTime" "30"
EndSection

... set time values as required, 0 to disable.

Or use the "xset s off" to disable it from the command line (or add that to your ~.xsession file.
"man xset" for details/options.

Bertman123 · 11-17-2013, 05:19 PM

I tried editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-serverflag.conf and set all to 0, but that didn't seem to stop the screen from shutting off after a while.

I then tried editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it seemed to make my internet connection go all funky... didn't disable it, but every page I went to was having problems loading.

Now both of those files were blank when I started editing them, so I just deleted everything that I had entered.

BlackRider · 11-17-2013, 06:48 PM

[...]find DPMS in Section "Monitor" or "Device" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf etc.
Option "DPMS" "no"

I thumb up this one.

You can also manually disable DPMS each session:

xset -dpms

frankbell · 11-17-2013, 09:25 PM

Before you do any of that, check the power management settings in xscreensaver, if you haven't already done so.

Bertman123 · 11-17-2013, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackRider

[...]find DPMS in Section "Monitor" or "Device" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf etc.
Option "DPMS" "no"

I thumb up this one.

You can also manually disable DPMS each session:

xset -dpms

manually setting DPMS seems to work just fine, thanks for your help!