| Summary: | x11-apps/xset-1.2.2 - `xset s off` fails to disable screensaver | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Alex Efros <powerman-asdf> |
| Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Gentoo X packagers <x11> |
| Status: | RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Is this still a problem? No idea, my setup has changed in last 6 years and now I'm using xscreensaver. Feel free to close this bug. |
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.