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====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Why doesn' | ||
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+ | **Display Power Management Signaling** (DPMS) has been disabled by another application. This can be confirmed and resolved using the '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ xset -q | ||
+ | DPMS (Energy Star): | ||
+ | Standby: 1200 Suspend: 0 Off: 3600 | ||
+ | DPMS is Disabled | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | If DPMS is disabled, it can be turned back on with '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ xset +dpms | ||
+ | $ xset -q | ||
+ | DPMS (Energy Star): | ||
+ | Standby: 1200 Suspend: 0 Off: 3600 | ||
+ | DPMS is Enabled | ||
+ | Monitor is On | ||
+ | </ | ||
===== Why doesn' | ===== Why doesn' | ||
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==== Possibility A ==== | ==== Possibility A ==== | ||
- | The screensaver daemon is not currently running. You can check this by looking at the running processes, or just run '' | + | The screensaver daemon is not currently running. You can check this by looking at the running processes, or just run '' |
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ xfce4-screensaver | ||
+ | ** (xfce4-screensaver: | ||
+ | </ | ||
==== Possibility B ==== | ==== Possibility B ==== | ||
- | Another application has disabled the X11 screensaver. This can be determined by running '' | + | Another application has disabled the X11 screensaver. This can be determined by running '' |
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ xdg-screensaver status | ||
+ | disabled | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | If this command outputs " | ||
< | < | ||
- | xset s blank # Sets the X11 screensaver mode to " | + | $ xset s blank # Sets the X11 screensaver mode to " |
- | xset s 300 # Sets the X11 screensaver timeout to 5 minutes | + | $ xset s 300 # Sets the X11 screensaver timeout to 5 minutes |
+ | $ xdg-screensaver status | ||
+ | enabled | ||
</ | </ | ||