Screen-Saver: Issues to Turn-Off Display
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I'm using an old **Gateway NE56R Notebook** with a fresh new **Debian 12.7 LXDE** and trying to set the **screen-saver** to **turn-off the display after 1 minute of user inactivity.**
For that, I've set the following at the screen-saver gui (XScreenSaver Settings):
- Blank Screen Only Mode
- Blank After 1 minute
- Cycle After 0 minute
- Power-Management Disabled (ie: box uncheck)
- Quick Power-Off in Blank Only Mode
Unfortunately, it did not work. After 1 minute the screen turned blank but the display was still on (ie: **backlight on**).
I have already tried several other settings, including via
xset
, and switching xscreensaver
daemon on/off, but neither worked. Briefly:
- The display doesn't turn-off (ie: blank screen but backlight still on); OR
- If the display turns off, the whole system randomly reboot/turn-off after a while (somewhere between 0~1000 seconds).
### Question ###
How to set the screen-saver to turn-off the display after XX minutes ???
What am I missing? What is going on? Ideas?
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### Debug Examples ###
##### Example 1 (xscreensaver daemon ON, AC power): #####
root@debian:~# xset q
[...]
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: no allow exposures: no
timeout: 0 cycle: 0
[...]
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
root@debian:~# xset dpms force off
Display turns-off then notebook reboot.
##### Example 2 (xscreensaver daemon ON, battery): #####
root@debian:~# xset q
[...]
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: no allow exposures: no
timeout: 0 cycle: 0
[...]
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
root@debian:~# xset dpms force off
Display turns-off then notebook turns-off.
##### Example 3 (xscreensaver daemon OFF, AC power): #####
root@debian:~# xset q
[...]
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: no allow exposures: no
timeout: 0 cycle: 0
[...]
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 60
DPMS is Disabled
root@debian:~# xset dpms force off
Display turns-off then notebook reboot after 250 seconds.
Asked by Jeron Baffom
(45 rep)
Oct 5, 2024, 09:26 PM
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