[xubuntu-users] Disable screen saver in 12.10

kelmark pcgarminmap at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 12:47:31 UTC 2014


In settings, I just set Screensaver Preferences (Blank Screen Only)
Blank After= 360 minutes, Cycle After 60 minutes.
Don

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> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:46:48 +0200
> From: Fabrice Delente <delentef at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 12.04: one of my users can't use
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> Sorry, I should have been more precise, the account is not local,
> authentication is done with PAM to an LDAP server.
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> The bash-impaired account can authenticate in lightdm and get to its
> desktop, so authentication is valid. It is only sh that doesn't start
> for him.
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> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:09:31 -0700
> From: Wee Dram <a3c63608 at telus.net>
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> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] White Screen at CD Boot
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> After getting advice on the Ubuntu Forum, I decided to try Lubuntu instead of Xubuntu. I was successful in booting a CD into a LiveCD session and was able to access the internet and the forum to announce my success. That's it so far and my next step will be to try actually install it on the hard drive. 
> Thank you to everyone who made suggestions here on xubuntu discussions. 
> Regards,
> Ross
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>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 9:38 AM, "Wee Dram" <a3c63608 at telus.net> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> I am trying to install Xubuntu on my old laptop. It is a Toshiba Satellite 5000 running a Pentium III at 1.10 Ghz with 512 MB RAM and a 37.5 GB Hard-drive. It is presently running XP. It has a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go (Toshiba) video card.
>>  
>> I want to first try it without installing but I?m having problems getting past the first steps.
>>  
>> In summary: I burned a CD. I tried it on the computer but the screen went white after a few moments. I tried the CD on a newer Toshiba and it seems to work fine. After checking various help sources, I was able to get to the boot menu on the older computer and try a few options there:
>> Deleting the ?quiet splash? command
>> Choosing the nomodeset
>> Adding the following, individually, to the boot options lineAdding i915.modset=0
>> xforcevesa
>> fb=false
>> vga=771
>>  
>> The final result of doing each of these was the same: a white screen with lots of CD activity for several minutes (as if the whole process is proceeding) and then no CD activity.
>>  
>> I am a total novice with this kind of thing so any and all suggestions of next steps are welcome.
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Ross
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> From: "G?rald Jean" <gerald.jean at videotron.ca>
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> Thanks to G?rard and Ralf,
> 
> I didn't even know the power manager was used to manage the screen in that manner. I changed the settings as suggested by G?rard but didn't have time yet to test it. On the other hand I tried to look up the xorg.conf file as suggested by Ralf but there is no "/etc/x11/" directory in my installation??? Could the file be somewhere else??
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> Thanks again,
> 
> G?rald
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> Le 15/04/14, Gerard Bekhuis  <odemarus at gmx.de> a ?crit :
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>>  Hallo G?raldJean.
>>  You have to go to the settings manager, open this.
>>  Than you open the power manager. 
>>  You take the 2button, that you open. 
>>  Aktivity:
>>  The first one you say "never" to the left.
>>  Monitor
>>  Under monitor you must take 3x "never" to the left.
>>  Thats all.
>>  G?rard.
>>  
>>  
>> Am 15.04.2014 13:46, schrieb "G?rald Jean":
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>>  
>>> Hello,
>>>  
>>>  I am running Xubuntu 12.10 on an Asus notepad, works great!!! Lately I connected it to and HD TV through an HDMI cable to watch movies in streaming. Works perfectly well, out of the box.
>>>  
>>>  The only glitch I have is that I can't figure out how to prevent the screen from going to sleep and every 10-15 minutes the screen goes black and I have to play with the mouse to get it back, which is a little anoying while watching a movie!!! I went into Parameters > Screen Saver and setted it to ?Disable Screen Saver?, didn't work, I also tried all other settings with a refresh time of over 400 minutes, doesn't work either???
>>>  
>>>  Anyone has a clue on how to prevent the screen from going black, or any other pattern, for an extended period of time???
>>>  
>>>  Thanks,
>>>  
>>>  G?rald 
>>>   
>>>  
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