[DESKTOP] stop screen blanking during a video

[steve7233]

I tried the search but I was unable to figure out how to get the search engine to find anything. The screen keeps blanking several times while watching a streaming video such as an episode on NETFLIX. I already tried the screen locking and power settings via system settings. What else can I try?

[vinnywright]

in system settings power managment , did you turn off "dim screen" & "screen energy saving" ?

VINNY

[steve7233]

in system settings power managment , did you turn off "dim screen" & "screen energy saving" ?

VINNY

Yes. That's what I meant when I said that I tried the screen locking and power settings. That's why I am asking for help. I can't think of what else to try. Maybe a security setting or something?I don't remember it happening with a DVD just with streaming. Maybe a Firefox streaming issue?

[Snowhog]

What 'screen'? I'm going to assume it's an external monitor, and not a laptop screen?

[steve7233]

What 'screen'? I'm going to assume it's an external monitor, and not a laptop screen?

Correct

[steve7233]

It is still a big problem.

[Snowhog]

It's possible then; likely even; that the monitor itself has a power saving 'feature'.

[steve7233]

I was able to get it to quit blanking on me in previous versions of Kubuntu. What changed?

[steve7233]

I think I figured it out. I went to System Settings > Activity Settings, Under Define A Special Behavior, I checked, Never Shutdown the Screen. I then clicked the Apply button. Hopfully that fixed it. I did not see a setting in the monitor's on-screen menu for adjusting any time out but maybe it has one anyway. Maybe the OS is the only way to adjust it. I will try it a while and see If it is fixed.I suspect they just changed the way some things work in Ubuntu and I had to re-adjust some settings. I guess upgrading didn't work entirely. Remember the update crashed on me so maybe It lost some config data.

[steve7233]

Nope, it didn't fix the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Rog131]

Nope, it didn't fix the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?

What tells:

xset q

More:

man xset

[GreyGeek]

.........

[steve7233]

What tells:

xset q

More:

man xset

steve7233@steve7233-Z68XP-UD3:~$ xset q
Keyboard Control:
 auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000002
 XKB indicators:
   00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    on     02: Scroll Lock: off
   03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
   06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
   09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
   12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
 auto repeat delay:  600    repeat rate:  31
 auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                       fadfffefffedffff
                       9fffffffffffffff
                       fff7ffffffffffff
 bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
 acceleration:  20/10    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
 prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
 timeout:  0    cycle:  600
Colors:
 default colormap:  0x4a    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
 Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0
 DPMS is Disable

You must have the wrong syntax or something. Your second command displays a bunch of help text.

[chimak111]

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You must have the wrong syntax or something. Your second command displays a bunch of help text.

That was just referring you to the man page for xset for more information.

[steve7233]

That was just referring you to the man page for xset for more information.

I figured that out. I just wasn't paying attention.