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gnome-settings-daemon package

  1. Bug #1585551
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 1585551

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Ole Jon Bjørkum (olejonbj) wrote :

FIX:

Finally found a solution that does not require me to disable screen blanking and turning my monitors off physically:

1. Run dconf-editor
2. org > gnome > settings-daemon > plugins > power
3. "Set to Default" on ALL keys (this sets GNOME to never blank the screen since "sleep-inactive-ac-timeout" and "sleep-inactive-battery-timeout" defaults to 0), then UNCHECK "active", so it is false
4. Run a command at login like this: "bash -c "sleep 10 && xset dpms 0 0 900" (sleep for 10 seconds avoids GNOME taking over)
5. I also disabled the "housekeeping", "orientation" and "xrandr" plugins as they are not needed for me

I strongly suspect it has to do with my dual monitor setup (DVI and HDMI), and that the bug may exist in newer GNOME versions as well. Will check later with a live USB stick.

Cheers.