Hactar wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 8.04, with Xfce as the environment in X. I cannot get
> Xfce's screen saver to engage. X's (as controlled with xset) works fine,
> but it's boring. DPMS works, except that if I change xfce's control for
> it, it gets disabled (all times in xset go to 0). Anyone know a solution
> to either of these problems?
>

Can't help with the Xfce screensaver.

But, how is this boring:
xset s 1 1
Pretty sweet if you ask me.

Have you installed xscreensaver and played with the
'xscreensaver-command' or 'xscreensaver-demo' commands?

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Hactar wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 8.04, with Xfce as the environment in X. I cannot get
> Xfce's screen saver to engage. X's (as controlled with xset) works fine,
> but it's boring. DPMS works, except that if I change xfce's control for
> it, it gets disabled (all times in xset go to 0). Anyone know a solution
> to either of these problems?

So you are worried about what's on the screen when you
aren't looking at it?

I just turn my monitor off when I'm not using it.
Can't see any point in wasting energy on something
that I'm not using.

No one has ever complained about the blank screen.

If they did, I'd think they had a loose screw or two.

Sid

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johnny bobby bee wrote:
> Hactar wrote:
> > I have Ubuntu 8.04, with Xfce as the environment in X. I cannot get
> > Xfce's screen saver to engage. X's (as controlled with xset) works fine,
> > but it's boring. DPMS works, except that if I change xfce's control for
> > it, it gets disabled (all times in xset go to 0). Anyone know a solution
> > to either of these problems?
>
> Can't help with the Xfce screensaver.
>
> But, how is this boring:
> xset s 1 1
> Pretty sweet if you ask me.
>
> Have you installed xscreensaver and played with the
> 'xscreensaver-command' or 'xscreensaver-demo' commands?

xscreensaver's nice, I had it in my former installation. But I hate
duplicated functionality. Is there a way of uninstalling xfce's screen
saver, or do they use the same guts? Some of the module names are the
same, but I don't think that necessarily means the _files_ are the same.

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Hactar wrote:
> In article ,
> Sidney Lambe wrote:
>> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.misc.]
>> Hactar wrote:
>> > I have Ubuntu 8.04, with Xfce as the environment in X. I cannot get
>> > Xfce's screen saver to engage. X's (as controlled with xset) works fine,
>> > but it's boring. DPMS works, except that if I change xfce's control for
>> > it, it gets disabled (all times in xset go to 0). Anyone know a solution
>> > to either of these problems?
>>
>> So you are worried about what's on the screen when you
>> aren't looking at it?
>
> Just because I'm not sitting at the computer doesn't mean I don't
> occasionally glance at it.

And what? If it was blank you'd feel insecure or something?

>
>> I just turn my monitor off when I'm not using it.
>> Can't see any point in wasting energy on something
>> that I'm not using.
>
> I have DPMS kick in at a half hour; same deal.

No, it is not. That's an unnecessary 1/2 hour of wasted energy and
and wear on the monitor/screen (and associated circuits) every time
you walk away from your computer for an extended period. And that's
a best-case scenario that applies only if you have your DPMS set
to turn it off rather than "suspend" or "standby".

>
>> No one has ever complained about the blank screen.
>>
>> If they did, I'd think they had a loose screw or two.
>
> All black = good for CRTs, but worst-case (in terms of power
> consumption) for LCDs.

Off is not "all black". It is off. Power down. This condition
uses zero energy and nothing preserves semiconductors, of which
these screens are made, like power down. This is the best way
to save your screen, by far. Having current running through them
is the only thing (discounting abuse) that wears semiconductors out.
I have a couple of transistor radios made in the 50's that work just
fine, because they haven't been used much over the decades.

Sid