[SOLVED] How do I stop the screen from blanking when I watch 1 hour Youtube movies?

EdGr · 09-04-2019, 11:18 AM

I have in my .xinitrc:

Code:

xset dpms 0 0 0
xset s 0 0

Screensavers are an anacronism with LCD screens on AC-powered computers. Their only remaining purpose is to annoy the user.
Ed

montagdude · 09-04-2019, 11:38 AM

I just assumed that screensaver is synonymous with screenlocker in this day and age. I don't know anyone who lets it sit there playing animations for no one to watch.

dugan · 09-04-2019, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by montagdude

I don't know anyone who lets it sit there playing animations for no one to watch.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5326251

montagdude · 09-04-2019, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5326251

So that's why Slackware 15 is taking so long.

Loomx · 09-04-2019, 01:18 PM

Lots of interesting info in this thread :-)

The only reason I use a screensaver is to play a random slideshow from ~/Pictures when the family computer is idle. Otherwise those thousands of family photos on the hard drive never seem to get looked at again.

dugan · 09-06-2019, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

I've come to the realization that any proper solution to this needs to start with "just don't use xscreensaver".

And I'm now sure enough about this to mark this thread as SOLVED.

dugan · 09-23-2019, 10:35 PM

For screen savers and lockers other than Xscreensaver, this should work to suspend the screen saver when you're using software that doesn't do it for you. For example, games running in WINE. You just run it in a terminal and leave it.

Code:

watch -n 30 xset s reset

"xset s reset" works by calling XResetScreenSaver, and "watch -n 30" runs it every 30 seconds. This is literally identical, on a calls-to-X level, to how SDL does it.

NathanBarley · 09-26-2019, 08:40 AM

I may have this wrong, but I thought ppplications used dbus for this? I know on gnome3 I prefix mpv with gnome-session-inhibit to prevent the monitor sleeping durung playback.