Re: Power off after a certain time of inactivity in Ubuntu (using the activiation of a screensaver to do it)
Chris Bannister <[email protected]>
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:33:44AM +1200, Robin Sheat wrote: > yuri schreef op wo 22-05-2013 om 21:52 [+1200]: > > Don't forget to turn this feature off if you're using your computer to > > watch a movie :-) > > Movie players usually signal to the screensaver to tell it to not > activate, so you should be safe. If you're not, find a better movie > player :) Even the DPMS kicking in? I use mplayer2 to watch vids, and periodically the screen blanks, I just press a key and the video resumes; audio still goes. I know there is an option to turn DPMS off ... somewhere. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X _______________________________________________ DunLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/