From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Marco Moock  wrote:   
   > On 01.10.2024 14:34 Rich Rich wrote:   
   >   
   >> "xset dpms force off" and the panel turns off.   
   >   
   > That works, so DPMS itself is possible.   
   >   
   > The questions is now why screensaver can't handle that.   
      
   If you mean "why does the screen not power down with xscreensaver" --   
   then the reason might just be that "screen savers" are a legacy from   
   the CRT days intended to prevent phosphor burn in by displaying a   
   moving/changing image when the system is idle (and predating the days   
   of DPMS powerdown control).  They were originally meant to draw   
   animations, not simply power down the screen.   
      
   Do note that xscreensaver's man page claims it has support for   
   triggering powerdown, but you do have to configure it to do so (see the   
   section "Power Management" in the xscreensaver man page).   
      
   But, if the only reason you run xscreensaver is for idle power down,   
   then that is silly, as X already supports idle time-out power down   
   natively, so xscreensaver is not needed for that singlar purpose.   
      
   If, however, you are also using the "screen locking" feature of   
   xscreensaver, then you do need to run it to get the screen locking   
   feature -- and for powerdown you'll need to tell it to perform power   
   off as well (or configure X to power down a short time after the idle   
   lock engages).   
      
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