Re: [e-users] Cannot find presentation mode in e 0.25.3-1

On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:39:01 -0700 Marc MERLIN <[email protected]> said:

> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 09:33:47AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 21:44:27 -0700 Marc MERLIN <[email protected]> said:
> > 
> > > Howdy,
> > > 
> > > I have the deb package, and the screen lock never comes on unless I
> > > manually tell E to lock.
> > > 
> > > I do find screen lock settings but they don't seem to show a timeout.
> > 
> > screen -> screen lock -> timers -> lock after blanking
> > 
> > you can select how long after. locking is done either manually, by blanking
> > (set blanking timeout as above) or a lock after suspend. there isn't a
> > separate lock timeout on its own (no real point - auto lock when you are
> > away and if you
> 
> understood, I couldn't find it, now I have, thanks.
> Now it seems that my main issue is that my screen won't blank, so lock
> (20 seconds later) doesn't happen either.
> 
> sauron:~$ xset q
> Keyboard Control:
> (...)
> Screen Saver:
>   prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
>   timeout:  60    cycle:  0

this is suspicious. if e had set this, it'd be 1 second. not 60. dpms it always
set to screenblank time + 10sec (and the suspend +11, off +12). you know e set
it if this is what it says. e.g.:

Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  900    cycle:  0
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 910    Suspend: 911    Off: 912
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

Any axny x client can set screensaver timeout so beware what other
apps/tools/services you run.

> DPMS (Energy Star):
>   Standby: 11    Suspend: 12    Off: 13
>   DPMS is Enabled
>   Monitor is On
> 
> things look good.

try close your web browser (chrome). :)

> > bluetooth lock devices too. when that bt device goes away (can't be pinged)
> > e will auto-lock if you set it as a lock devices. it's in the bt gadget
> > popup in the controls per device you paired.
>  
> oh yes, that's nice. I don't have one, but could get one. Ideally this should
> work with my phone, but maybe my phone BT has too much range (charging in
> another room would still keep the laptop awake)
> 
> > i removed presentation mode. there are actions now you can bind to turn
> > blanking on/off (under Screen -> Blanking On/Off/Toggle). so bind some key
> > combo to it. :)
> 
> Everything shows that it should blank (see screenshot) but does not.
> 
> I tried to set the timeout to 0.1m (6 sec), I can't find anywhere if E
> thinks blanking is currently enabled or not (a widget or status would
> help), I set CTRL+SHIFT+B to blanking on, apply, hit CTRL+SHIFT+B, wait
> and nothing, no blanking, and as a result, no screen lock either.
> 
> I had synergy and killed it. I also had mplayer and killed it just in
> case they were stopping X from sleeping.
> 
> What else could it be?

web browser. steam too. i wouldnt trust synergy either... try not using that.
either way - kill off things other than e. chrome has a nasty bug involving
suspending the screensavers and it will never un-suspend this unless you kill
off the browser. then it'll work. it is 100% a chrome bug the moment you play
any media (e.g. youtube or any ad with video, spotify too etc.). i've checked
and used a hacked up xscreensaver lib to print out when something tries to
suspend blanking and chrome does this badly/wrong (and it talks to the xserver
to do this - not e. has nothing to do with e).

> Marc
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