Porteus

Posted: **26 Apr 2025, 23:10**

Now that I'm using Porteus 24/7, almost everything is working perfectly! I've disabled the compositing manager in Mate. I've never liked it, and I don't understand the absurdity of having it enabled by default, even though there have been some reported issues.

The monitor turns off after 10 minutes of inactivity, but now without the screensaver.
I can't say for sure if it's a problem with version 5, because I'm using a hybrid to get Bluetooth working, + Porteus 0.9.

Posted: **03 May 2025, 22:46**

It's not just Porteus or the DE. The interaction between flying-toasters era crt screen savers, and modern dpms power savings, along with the 15 buttons and sliders for it has been known to make sane men rip off all their clothing, and run babbling into a nearby forest to seek consolation from the woodland creatures.

I had to develop a universal strategy to deal with it:

1) Send the screen-saver values into outer space. Don't even bother turning it off, because it depends! Just crank those values to outer space.

Example: Snippet from my

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xset q

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Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  4000    cycle:  4000
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x22    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/TTF,built-ins
DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling):
  Standby: 3600    Suspend: 3600    Off: 3600
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

Just get the 90's crt screensaver stuff out of the way. Don't even bother toggling it on or off. Just blast it high. Use TWO values.

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xset s 4000 4000

NOW, any values you set for dpms power-saving should be lower than those screen-saver outer space values. Set all THREE values.

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xset dpms 3600 3600 3600

One can automate this, for example with an "autostart" or other DE-specific tool to run commands after X11 has come up. I've done it in xfce and also openbox. I'm not familiar with how Mate can do this, but should be possible.

At any rate, it's good to know how you can simply hammer these values in the terminal if it really bugs you. A woodland-creature taught me how.

Posted: **04 May 2025, 03:40**

Yeah ... ja ja ja Diay, I've always enjoyed watching the colorful squares of mate or retro ping pong before the screen
goes black 10 minutes in.
It's just that; I've never believed it "protects" anything; only you should protect eyesight
, by getting some rest and not wearing glasses!

nanZor wrote: ↑
03 May 2025, 22:46

Porteus

Fade to black⬛ fixed > disable screensaver!

Fade to black⬛ fixed > disable screensaver!

Fade to black⬛ fixed > disable screensaver!

Fade to black⬛ fixed > disable screensaver!