Thanks.

On 03/30/2014 11:58 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:
> You can try running the command:
>
> xset -dpms
>
> make sure to turn it back on after you are done watching your movie with:
>
> xset +dpms
>
> You can check the status of dpms with:
>
> xset -q
>
> DPMS being turned off will keep the system from turning off the 
> monitor after a period of time, but it won't keep a screen saver from 
> coming on.
>
> You can also change the time limits before things occur, so you can 
> set it for longer than 2 hours to keep it from kicking in during 
> movies but still have it shut off the monitor after a very long period 
> of "no use".
>
> The reason I found this command is that some video players seem to 
> turn off DPMS but if they crash during play they don't turn it back on 
> so my monitors were staying on all night.
>
> As a result I created an icon that not only turns DPMS (back) on, it 
> also tells the system to instantly put the monitors into sleep mode.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 03/30/2014 10:15 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>> What lead me to discover this is that this beast keeps shutting the
>> monitor off after so many minutes of inactivity.  It doesn't count me
>> watching a movie as activity.  So I have to remember every few minutes
>> to move the mouse.  Until I get this kded thing fixed, does anyone know
>> another way to stop this beast from turning off the monitor?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On 03/30/2014 09:23 PM, Harold wrote:
>>> I believe you are looking at the KDE Daemon
>>>
>>> See if this gives any clues:
>>>
>>> https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=54120
>>>
>>> harold
>>>
>>> On 03/30/2014 09:19 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>>>> I've got Kubuntu 13.10 and KDE 4.11.3. Today I went into system
>>>> settings, then power management.  I get an error message saying
>>>> "Power management configuration module could not be loaded. The
>>>> power management service appears not to be running.  This can be
>>>> solved by starting or scheduling it inside "Startup and shutdown"
>>>>
>>>> So I go to startup and shutdown, then I click service manager. I get
>>>> a message saying Unable to contact KDED.
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea what KDED is or how to fix this.  Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
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