Linux Mint "Uma and Vera"idle problem..
Hi Folks, My installation of Linux mint Vera 21.1 has a very annoying habit of going into "idle" mode after 10 minutes. Makes watching a movie or listening to music a less than enjoyable task. I have on past installations of Mint sought answers, including running a couple of lengthy bash scripts I found in the forums to no avail. AFAIK my screensaver and power management setting are OK. the problem seems widespread through all the applications I have tried so far Rythmbox Celluloid VLC and Netflix Any help will be appreciated.. Cheers John..
On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:30:21 +1300, John wrote:
My installation of Linux mint Vera 21.1 has a very annoying habit of going into "idle" mode after 10 minutes.
Does the screen go dark, is that the problem? I just discovered this “xset” command <https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/x11-xserver-utils/xset.1.en.html>. Does “xset -dpms” help at all? You can type “xset q” to look at current settings.
On 12/01/23 20:28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Does the screen go dark, is that the problem?
Yes and the media halts until a key press. Output from xset q john(a)chill:~$ xset q Keyboard Control: auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000 XKB indicators: 00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: off 02: Scroll Lock: off 03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off 06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off 09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off 12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 30 auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf fadfffefffedffff 9fffffffffffffff fff7ffffffffffff bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 600 cycle: 600 Colors: default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff Font Path: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,built-ins DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On john(a)chill:~$
DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600 DPMS is Disabled Will test at this setting and report back.. On 13/01/23 10:18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 06:28:11 +1300, John wrote:
DPMS is Enabled See if “xset -dpms” turns this off.
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2023 10:54:09 +1300, John wrote:
Whilst this does work. DPMS has to be disabled at each new boot due to it defaulting to"enabled".
You could install a startup script to automatically perform that command. You could create a systemd unit file, similar to this example discussed previously <https://list.waikato.ac.nz/hyperkitty/list/wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz/thread/BIAW7GY4KGPUGWIIRWNMBE5JSUVT2VWX/>. But note that this would be a per-user script, not a systemwide script (since the X server is (re)started on a per-user GUI login). I haven’t tried creating systemd units for such a situation, but I see some useful-looking guidance (as ever) on the ArchWiki here <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User>.
Hmmn!! Not a clue what do to there. I did a system search in the gui and found a dpms.py when I tried to edit it (in the gui as administrator) I could not as the report was a child process could not be initiated. I have no clue where this file is and all my searches within the machine and online so far have proved fruitless. Cheers John.. On 14/01/23 11:26, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
You could install a startup script to automatically perform that command. You could create a systemd unit file, similar to this example discussed previously <https://list.waikato.ac.nz/hyperkitty/list/wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz/thread/BIAW7GY4KGPUGWIIRWNMBE5JSUVT2VWX/>.
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