Re: What is kded?

>     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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