Setting screen timeout period on 14.04 clients?

[David Groos]

Hi John,

I'll check this out on the weekend. Not sure what "Presentation mode" is in
the context of ltsp?

Thanks!
David

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:37 AM, John Hupp <edubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:

> On 2/6/2016 1:22 PM, David Groos wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I'm trying to change the settings (on lts.conf?) such that when I'm
> broadcasting an image/chart/presentation or whatever on student screens
> (thanks to epoptes) the screen doesn't require a student to move the mouse
> to keep the screen active. I searched this page:
> <http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man5/lts.conf.5.html>
> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man5/lts.conf.5.html to no
> avail.
> Thanks,
> David G
>
>
> I'm running Lubuntu and made a script to toggle a pseudo Presentation
> Mode.  As designed, each student would toggle the setting himself.
>
> Note: The small package libnotify-bin must be installed to use notify-send.
> Note: The Presentation Mode settings are not permanent; they expire with
> the session
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # /usr/local/share/applications/xset-mode.sh
> # A script to toggle between Presentation and Normal mode and notify the
> user of the mode
> STATUS_MONITOR=$(xset q | grep "DPMS is" | awk '{print $3}')
>
>     if [ "$STATUS_MONITOR" == "Enabled" ]; then
>
>        xset s off
>        xset -dpms
>        notify-send -t 5000 “The computer is now in Presentation Mode”
>
>     else
>
>        xset s on
>        xset +dpms
>        notify-send -t 5000 “The computer is now in Normal Mode”
>
>     fi
>
> ------------------------------
>
> A desktop entry file to run the script (and appear in the Preferences
> menu):
> /usr/local/share/applications/power-mode-toggler.desktop
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
>
> Type=Application
>
> Name=Power Mode Toggle
> Icon=xfpm-ac-adapter
>
> Exec=bash /usr/local/share/applications/xset-mode.sh
> Terminal=false
>
> Categories=Settings
> Name[en_US]=Power Mode Toggler
> Comment[en_US]=Toggle between Presentation and Normal Mode
>
>
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