[xubuntu-users] Keep display on permanently

[Michele Mor]

Hi David,

Why do you need to keep a screen always visible on a computer?
Maybe you should consider a different type of display if it has to be
always on.

Michele

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021, 14:08 David Wright, <daveubuntu71 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 10:20, David Wright <daveubuntu71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 09:57, Michele Mor <m.mor.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Maybe it's something related to power settings and not lock screen?
>>>
>>> Michele
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Michelle
>>
>> All settings under Power Manager > Display are set as 'Never' -
>>
>> Blank After - Never
>>
>> Put to sleep after - Never
>>
>> Switch off after - Never
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
> *Update* - on an earlier attempt to keep the screen on, I'd set the
> screensaver/system idle time to 180 minutes.  Even though the screensaver
> was subsequently disabled, it seems this 3 hour time was still having some
> affect, as the screen was indeed going black after three hours.  I've now
> set that timer to 999 minutes (over 16 hours) which should suffice for most
> days.  Screensaver then disabled again.
> I've never had this problem before.  Just set everything related to
> display to off or never and it's been fine.  If anyone has any more
> thoughts, I'll be happy to hear them as I feel the 999 minutes is an
> inelegant fudge/workaround.
>
> Kind regards
> Dave
>
>
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