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-====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== 
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-===== Why doesn't my monitor turn off automatically? ===== 
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-**Display Power Management Signaling** (DPMS) has been disabled by another application. This can be confirmed and resolved using the ''xset'' command. To check if DPMS is disabled, run the below command. 
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-<code> 
-$ xset -q 
-DPMS (Energy Star): 
-  Standby: 1200    Suspend: 0    Off: 3600 
-  DPMS is Disabled 
-</code> 
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-If DPMS is disabled, it can be turned back on with ''xset +dpms'' 
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-<code> 
-$ xset +dpms 
-$ xset -q 
-DPMS (Energy Star): 
-  Standby: 1200    Suspend: 0    Off: 3600 
-  DPMS is Enabled 
-  Monitor is On 
-</code> 
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-===== Why doesn't my screensaver activate automatically? ===== 
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-''**Possibility A**'' 
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-The screensaver daemon is not currently running. You can check this by looking at the running processes, or just run ''xfce4-screensaver'' to start it up. Only one instance will run at a time, and you will be notified if it is already running. 
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-<code> 
-$ xfce4-screensaver 
-** (xfce4-screensaver:9788): WARNING **: 01:15:42.354: screensaver already running in this session 
-</code> 
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-''**Possibility B**'' 
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-Another application has disabled the X11 screensaver. This can be determined by running ''xdg-screensaver status''. 
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-<code> 
-$ xdg-screensaver status 
-disabled 
-</code> 
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-If this command outputs "disabled", try running the following commands to enable the screensaver. 
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-<code> 
-$ xset s blank # Sets the X11 screensaver mode to "blank" 
-$ xset s 300   # Sets the X11 screensaver timeout to 5 minutes 
-$ xdg-screensaver status 
-enabled 
-</code> 
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