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Ha!

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Registered: 2022-12-19

Posts: 14

About the buggy screensaver in ubuntu 20.04

Hi again!

So I use ubuntu 20.04, with native xfce desktop (xfce 4.14 from xubuntu).

A know problem is the impossibility to disable the screensaver: black screen during videos or games for example, even when all is deactivated and/or deinstalled.

A know solution is to use this command:

:~$ DISPLAY=":0.0" xset -dpms && xset s noblank && xset s off

But I would like to know more about this.
Why not just xset s off?

And, just for knowledge (I'm happy with this command), any other solution?

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,017

Re: About the buggy screensaver in ubuntu 20.04

Have you tried presentation mode? It should disable all sleep/dimming activities when enabled. See:
- https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power- … nel-plugin
- https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12746

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