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Bug 466288 - x11-apps/xset-1.2.2 - `xset s off` fails to disable screensaver
Summary: x11-apps/xset-1.2.2 - `xset s off` fails to disable screensaver
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
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Reported: 2013-04-17 20:55 UTC by Alex Efros
Modified: 2019-03-03 06:00 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Efros 2013-04-17 20:55:18 UTC
I'm using fluxbox, so only "screensaver" on my system is built in Xorg, controlled by xset tool - no complex DE like KDE/Gnome involved. In last years it was enough to have this line in ~/.xinitrc to disable screensaver:

    xset s off

I'm not sure is this a bug or feature, but several months ago I noticed screensaver is working again (I don't know upgrade of what changed it behavior, it was too long time ago). Today I had time to investigate this, and here is what I found:

    $ sleep 1; xset s expose s on s activate     # activate
    $ sleep 1; xset s expose s off s activate    # activate
    $ sleep 1; xset s noexpose s on s activate   # activate
    $ sleep 1; xset s noexpose s off s activate  # not activate

So, looks like "expose" (which is the default) result in ignoring "off", and to disable screensaver I have to disable expose too.
Comment 1 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2019-03-03 05:31:51 UTC
Is this still a problem?
Comment 2 Alex Efros 2019-03-03 06:00:52 UTC
No idea, my setup has changed in last 6 years and now I'm using xscreensaver. Feel free to close this bug.