Bug 246402

Summary:	Disabling sceensaver with KDE tools is impossible.
Product:	[Unmaintained] solid	Reporter:	Alexander <vo.zaeb>
Component:	powermanagement-daemon	Assignee:	Dario Freddi <drf>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Alexander 2010-08-01 08:22:55 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.95) 
OS:                Linux

The problem in the next — if the screen saver is not needed for me, I cant disable it with KDE tools. If screensaver is disabled (even if kscreensaver is not installed), my monitor is still turns off after 10 minutes of idle. Xset shows to me that the screensaver is still enabled:

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 600    Off: 600
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

So, to completely disabling the screensaver I should add this command: "xset dpms 0 0 0 s noblank s noexpose s 0 0" in autostart.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
If the screen saver is disabled in KDE settings, X11 screen saver should be disabled automatically, or KDE's screensaver settings window should contain some advanced options to control all of these behaviours.

Comment 1 Alexander 2010-08-01 08:36:50 UTC

Oops, sorry, I copied a wrong section. This is what xset -q shows about screensaver:

Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  600

Comment 2 Alexander 2010-08-01 08:40:03 UTC

But DPMS management has the same trouble, btw.

Comment 3 Dario Freddi 2010-11-10 01:46:55 UTC

Marking as invalid, as the DPMS config is not in the screensaver, and the 2 options are completely separated. Please find your DPMS management settings in Power Management in System Settings: disabling them will give you the desired effect.

(In fact, what you reported says the screensaver is disabled and DPMS start after 10 mins)