Re: [E-devel] enlightenment blanking issue

On 6/9/22 23:53, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 22:41:08 +0200 [email protected] said:
>
>> On 6/9/22 12:16, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 10:41:25 +0200 [email protected] said:
>>>
>>>> On 6/9/22 09:55, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 19:50:27 +0200 [email protected] said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/8/22 19:17, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 15:39:17 +0200 [email protected] said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> actually wait - is this a laptop? or using ddc? dimming timeout set?
>>>>>>> then the 30 sec may be the dimming timeout. e will run a timer after
>>>>>>> that that then totally blanks the screen. this timer is cancelled when
>>>>>>> the screensaver is cancelled (when the screen dims the screen is
>>>>>>> basically in screensaver mode)
>>>>>> It's just a laptop
>>>>>
>>>>> ok - that explains the 30 sec then - that's the dimming timeout. does the
>>>>> screen dim automatically after 30 sec of idle input?
>>>> No, screen doesn't dim after 30 sec of idle input.
>>>> Screen blanks after 2 minutes (according to settings), but sometimes,
>>>> maybe once a day, it doesn't blank at all. If i restart e, it blanks
>>>> normally.
>>>
>>> that's odd. screen should dim. you have backlight support? does it work
>>> manually with the gadget?
>>
>> Yes that's odd...I have backlight support and gadget in shelf. See
>> settings in  attached file
>
> so backlight controls work? you can manually change brightness? does the
> backlight dim after 30 sec of no input if you leave things idle? btw your
> normal backlight is 5% .. that's really odd.... it should be HIGHER than the
> dim level of 30%...

I set backlight higher than dim level, and dim works now.
Maybe this explains why, sometimes, blanking doesn't work, but it
happens randomly...

>
>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/7/22 22:24, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 17:56:57 +0200 [email protected] said:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>> I don't understand why, sometimes, screen blanking doesn't work on
>>>>>>>>>> enlightenment.
>>>>>>>>>> Most of time, it works but sometimes not. Before I thought this issue
>>>>>>>>>> comes from intel driver (modesetting i915) but now, i'm sure this not
>>>>>>>>>> the case because i get same issue when i launch enlightenment using
>>>>>>>>>> nvidia driver (optimus technology)
>>>>>>>>>> Conditions: enlightenment-git efl-git
>>>>>>>>>> Settings:
>>>>>>>>>> screen blanking  2.2 minutes
>>>>>>>>>> DPMS
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what are you running at the time? browser? does it have youtube open
>>>>>>>>> with a video? steam? something else. various apps will suspend
>>>>>>>>> blanking themselves... check blanking/dpms settings: xset q
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I run only Firefox and Thunderbird. No video inside Firefox, only blank
>>>>>>>> page See e settings attached files
>>>>>>>> I start e with startx with only that in my x.session
>>>>>>>> redshift -P -O 4000
>>>>>>>> numlockx on
>>>>>>>> optirun enlightenment_start
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Strange: xset q shows 'timeout 30' but e setting is 2 minutes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> xsetq
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Keyboard Control:
>>>>>>>>         auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000002
>>>>>>>>         XKB indicators:
>>>>>>>>           00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    on     02: Scroll
>>>>>>>> Lock: off 03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05:
>>>>>>>> Sleep:       off 06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08:
>>>>>>>> Misc: off 09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift
>>>>>>>> Lock:  off 12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
>>>>>>>>         auto repeat delay:  660    repeat rate:  25
>>>>>>>>         auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
>>>>>>>>                               fadfffefffedffff
>>>>>>>>                               9fffffffffffffff
>>>>>>>>                               fff7ffffffffffff
>>>>>>>>         bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
>>>>>>>> Pointer Control:
>>>>>>>>         acceleration:  20/10    threshold:  4
>>>>>>>> Screen Saver:
>>>>>>>>         prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
>>>>>>>>         timeout:  30    cycle:  0
>>>>>>>> Colors:
>>>>>>>>         default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:
>>>>>>>> 0xffffff Font Path:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,built-ins
>>>>>>>> DPMS (Energy Star):
>>>>>>>>         Standby: 130    Suspend: 131    Off: 132
>>>>>>>>         DPMS is Enabled
>>>>>>>>         Monitor is On
>>>>>>>>
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