you can also loop a music file and turn the volume for the device down.
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> xbmc doesn't allow the monitor to shut off if it is in full-screen mode.
>
> 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?
>>
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> 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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