Thanks anyhow Michael. I decided to upgrade to 14.04 and turns out that in the course of doing so the problem was fixed. On 03/31/2014 10:28 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > oops! the music file-loop just prevents it from sleeping. sorry. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Derek Trotter > > wrote: > > 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, >>> and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." >>> >>> Patrick Moore >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> . >> > > -- > "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." > > Patrick Moore > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." Patrick Moore