XFCE Power Manager Display Management

17 June 2022, 02:35:30

This is in regards to XFCE Settings > Power Manager > Display "tab" > Display power management.

An attempt to use this function as a "screen saver", yes understand there is xfce -screensaver, but would like to keep things minimal; seems power manager should be able to handle this function.

Power Manager is auto started in the session. I have set Display power management to ON. Set Blank After to 2 minutes.

Works fine with no applications running, screen blanks after 2 min. But after using Chromium browser and navigating around; screen no longer blanks, at all, ever. I can close some Chromium tabs (like a site music playing) and then the screen function may or may not return to functioning. The only reason I mention chromium specifically is that I havent experienced the problem with other apps, and my app use is nearly all chromium browser. If I close all applications and leave nothing running; the screen blank function then magically starts working again.

I would like the screen to blank after 2 minutes of no user interface (mouse, keyboard, etc) , regardless of whats running. My question is, is this XFCE power management screen blank function intended to be used as I am using it as screensaver? is it inherently unreliable? Should I just use xfce-screensaver?

Re: XFCE Power Manager Display Management

Reply #1 – 17 June 2022, 07:03:32

If you want something minimal, try xset(1):

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# Disable the screensaver:
xset s off

# Set the screensaver to start after 60 minutes of inactivity:
xset s 3600 3600

Re: XFCE Power Manager Display Management

Reply #2 – 17 June 2022, 19:11:14

Quote from: Lancia – on 17 June 2022, 07:03:32

If you want something minimal, try xset(1):

I had forgotten about xset. Yes, using it now, does exactly what I need. Thanks.