I have Xscreensaver started by .xinit & it runs as it should ;
each saver is set to run for 3 min . When I'm asleep, I kill Xscreensaver
& the monitor blanks after 5 min , which is also what is expected.

However, something is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min ,
even when Xscreensaver is running. The 1st saver runs for 3 min ,
then the next one starts & runs for 2 min , then the screen blanks.
When I hit a key or move the mouse, the screen wakes up
& if there's no activity for 5 min Xscreensaver takes over
& the savers run for 5 min before the screen blanks again.
Instead, the savers should run continually till activity resumes.

Can anyone suggest what is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min
regardless of whether Xscreensaver is running or not ?

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Sorry, I should add that my desktop is the latest stable KDE + Qt
& Xscreensaver is the latest stable version 6.01-r4 .

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On 2021.10.09 01:29, Philip Webb wrote:

I have Xscreensaver started by .xinit & it runs as it should ;
each saver is set to run for 3 min . When I'm asleep, I kill
Xscreensaver
& the monitor blanks after 5 min , which is also what is expected.

However, something is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min ,
even when Xscreensaver is running. The 1st saver runs for 3 min ,
then the next one starts & runs for 2 min , then the screen blanks.
When I hit a key or move the mouse, the screen wakes up
& if there's no activity for 5 min Xscreensaver takes over
& the savers run for 5 min before the screen blanks again.
Instead, the savers should run continually till activity resumes.

Can anyone suggest what is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min regardless of whether Xscreensaver is running or not ?

I don't really have an answer, but try "xset -q" and look at the
results for both Screen Saver and for DPMS. I don't know how they get
set if you don't explicitly set them, but you may want to do so for
more understandable control of your system.

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211009 Jack wrote:

On 2021.10.09 01:29, Philip Webb wrote:

I have Xscreensaver started by .xinit & it runs as it should ;
each saver is set to run for 3 min .
When I'm asleep, I kill Xscreensaver
& the monitor blanks after 5 min , which is also what is expected.
However, something is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min ,
even when Xscreensaver is running. The 1st saver runs for 3 min ,
then the next one starts & runs for 2 min , then the screen blanks.
When I hit a key or move the mouse, the screen wakes up
& if there's no activity for 5 min Xscreensaver takes over
& the savers run for 5 min before the screen blanks again.
Instead, the savers should run continually till activity resumes.
Can anyone suggest what is telling the monitor to blank after 5 min
regardless of whether Xscreensaver is running or not ?

I don't really have an answer, but try "xset -q"
and look at the results for both Screen Saver and for DPMS.
I don't know how they get set if you don't explicitly set them,
but you may want to do so for more understandable control of your system.

root:513 src> xset -q
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: 600 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: no allow exposures: no
timeout: 0 cycle: 0
Colors:
default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff
Font Path:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 7200 Suspend: 7200 Off: 14400
DPMS is Disabled

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'man xset' tells you how to use it, ie 'xset <settings>',
so that's how you alter items, if you want.

does anyone have any further suggestions (thanks for this one) ?

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