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xscreensaver package

  1. Bug #924278
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 924278

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Jamie Zawinski (jwz) wrote : Re: [Bug 924278] xscreensaver doesn't enable DPMS

On Mon Jul 10 2017 10:45:46, Sworddragon <email address hidden> wrote:

> The DPMS settings in xscreensaver-demo are not grayed out on my system,
> DPMS is there enabled but it never kicks in.

Ok well that shouldn't be. I don't know what's wrong.

> Why is it a "terrible idea" if it would in this case?

There's no sensible way to have both systems, xscreensaver and xset, control these settings, because there's no way to know which one was used last. Updates are not timestamped. So one has to be in control and override the other or chaos ensues.

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