Disable powersaving

Post#1 by **Buurman** » 02 Nov 2019, 19:43

Porteus 5 RC

How do i disable powersaving functions ? (desktop)
no GUI for it and there are several files that point to power-management ..

problem: power goes halt/hibernate (screen off, sound off etc) because no mouse input .. it just goes off while listening to music or playing game with joystick .. i want it to always stay on

Post#2 by **ncmprhnsbl** » 04 Nov 2019, 08:36

which desktop module are you using?
maybe:

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xset q  (gives settings  status)
xset s off   (turns off screensaver/blanking) or
xset s 00  (set the timeout to never)
xset -dpms (disables powersaving)

if this works for you they could go in auto start(how: depending on which DE)
unless something else is controlling this..

Post#3 by **Blaze** » 04 Nov 2019, 09:22

Buurman, like this

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su
toor
echo 'xset -dpms s off' >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

and reboot.

Post#4 by **Buurman** » 05 Nov 2019, 19:37

First checked with

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xset q

and settings are 600sec for dpms and Blankscreen .. seems right ..
put

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xset -dpms s off

in rc.local
reboot .. still going into powersafe

check with

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 xset q

settings are default 600 again .. looking in rc.local ..settigns ARE THERE

it's doesn't seem to be using the rc.local ?

Post#5 by **ncmprhnsbl** » 05 Nov 2019, 22:38

rc.local might be too early in the boot process.. ie. before X has started..
so autostart at the DE level might be better..

Post#6 by **Buurman** » 06 Nov 2019, 04:47

i've put it in .config/autostart
in a .desktop launch ..works