Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Re: does 'xset(1) dpms 20' activate xidle(1) after 20sec?

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 14:32:50 +0100, Marcus Merighi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> does 'xset(1) dpms 20' activate xidle(1) after 20 seconds?
>
> How to repeat:
>
> $ xset dpms 20
> $ xidle -timeout 180 &
>
> With this I am locked out after 20 seconds, not 180.

The DPMS event activates the X screensaver which generates an X
event that xidle is listening for. xidle then runs its specified
program (or defaults to xlock).

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