Is there some sort of display keep-awake command that could be scheduled?
I have a machine I'd like to run a dashboard display during certain hours without having to interact with it every day to wake and sleep. This means I'd like _only the display_ to wake and sleep on a schedule of my choosing without locking the desktop session and requiring a password to wake and without sleeping the entire machine (the machine itself must continue to process events 24/7).
I intend to have an unprivileged "kiosk" account always signed in for this, and an unused pen-driven display for interacting with the dashboard without hauling out the keyboard/mouse. This set of requirements precludes a lot of the usual allowances afforded by standard screen savers, screen-locking, power management, etc. in that I want the display to truly sleep during its off hours unless specifically awoken by a click of the tablet's buttons, a keyboard, etc., at which point it would simply auto-sleep after a period of inactivity as usual.
Note: I didn't bother specifying "I'm using Ubuntu Desktop" because I'm hoping for a generic solution that is independent of the GUI environment, even if I have to build and install it. I'd also like to avoid periodically faking keyboard/mouse events so they don't interfere with console use. Please let me know in comments if you need more specific information.
Asked by Joshua Nozzi
(101 rep)
Dec 6, 2021, 01:56 PM
Last activity: Dec 9, 2021, 12:47 PM
Last activity: Dec 9, 2021, 12:47 PM