XFCE
screen blanking
So the screen started tuning itself off despite all power management disabled including screensaver.
I uninstalled the screensaver and it was fine for awhile.
I have added and enabled ‘presentation mode’ which too worked for awhile.
It’s even disabling presentation mode it seems. Re-enabling is not helping.
On/off just seems to be ignored.
So I’m now thinking of going back to 4.18.
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Your bolded text seems meaningless.
Version 4.18 of what?
You can’t. Manjaro only has one version of whateveryouuse, and partial updates are not supported. Rather try and figure out why this is happening. To that end, please provide the output of:
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I have not used xfce in a while. Does it respond to xset commands?
As in: xset dpms force on
This forces the display on. (and off too)
Don’t recall how to post that without someone complaining
IT does. xset q showed “DPMS is Disabled”
tried xset dpms force on
BUT after 10mins its off.
Checking status again and it says
DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling):
Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
Yet it turned off !
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System Information
Output of this command (formatted according to forum requirements) may be useful for those wishing to help:
inxi --filter --verbosity=8
or the short form:
inxi -zv8
Be prepared to provide more information and outputs from other commands whenever asked.
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Thankyou to deroberts1 showing me xset.
And tgpt showed me how to apply settings
xset dpms 0 0 0 && xset s noblank && xset s off
Monitor has remained on for over 45 minutes.
And here’s my configs
inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.13.5-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.13-x86_64
root=UUID=bdcedd2d-8e83-45fe-ae9c-683ee6633a62 rw rootflags=subvol=@
ipv6.disable=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
pcie_aspm.policy=performance
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Desktop Mini v: SBKPF
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8594 v: KBC Version 08.09.21 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 7PF42ET#ABU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: HP
v: R21 Ver. 02.21.01 date: 08/30/2024
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.57 GiB used: 3.39 GiB (11.1%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-B DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
speed: spec: 3200 MT/s actual: 2667 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: CT16G4SFRA32A.C16FP
serial: <filter>
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM3 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
speed: spec: 3200 MT/s actual: 2667 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: CT16G4SFRA32A.C16FP
serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-9500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4319 min/max: 800/4400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: performance cores: 1: 4319 2: 4319 3: 4319 4: 4319 5: 4319 6: 4319
bogomips: 36000
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
sgx sgx_lc smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode (locked)
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3e92 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
s-diag: 584mm (22.99") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: DP-3 model: Idek Iiyama PLE2407HDS serial: <filter> built: 2009
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.647 y: 0.333 green:
x: 0.282 y: 0.608 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.071 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 600mm (23.6") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080, 1920x1080i, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480,
640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
GT2) device-ID: 8086:3e92 memory: 14.93 GiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bb class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.61 TiB (88.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000P5PSSD8
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P7CR403 temp: 20.9 C
scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 100 GiB (100.00%) used: 22.6 GiB (22.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: bdcedd2d-8e83-45fe-ae9c-683ee6633a62
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 550 MiB size: 548.9 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 361B-8F2D
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.71 TiB size: 1.71 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.59 TiB (93.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
label: N/A uuid: 1a508a91-aedf-446d-b445-77ef4f0be846
ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 10 GiB size: 10 GiB (100.00%)
used: 160.8 MiB (1.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
label: N/A uuid: ad3a681d-8df7-490c-8257-2bfce615ffcc
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 2 GiB size: 2 GiB (100.00%) used: 32.8 MiB (1.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A
uuid: ba1de450-ba78-4f42-b598-35a9e19da9d4
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:4 info: Megawin Defender Gaming Keyboard type: keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0e6a:02c0 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-5:5 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C pch: 30.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1419 libs: 390 tools: pamac,yay
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 292
1: cpu: 0.8% command: brave pid: 445401 mem: 233.1 MiB (0.7%)
2: cpu: 0.3% command: Xorg pid: 813 mem: 188.3 MiB (0.6%)
3: cpu: 0.3% command: brave pid: 347444 mem: 287.2 MiB (0.9%)
4: cpu: 0.2% command: brave pid: 5516 mem: 518.4 MiB (1.6%)
5: cpu: 0.2% command: brave pid: 5558 mem: 318.3 MiB (1.0%)
Memory top: 5 of 292
1: mem: 518.4 MiB (1.6%) command: brave pid: 5516 cpu: 0.2%
2: mem: 365.8 MiB (1.1%) command: brave pid: 125039 cpu: 0.0%
3: mem: 318.3 MiB (1.0%) command: brave pid: 5558 cpu: 0.2%
4: mem: 304.8 MiB (0.9%) command: brave pid: 329849 cpu: 0.0%
5: mem: 287.2 MiB (0.9%) command: brave pid: 347444 cpu: 0.3%
Info:
Processes: 292 Power: uptime: 3d 1h 58m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 17 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.22 GiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 257
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
Hi @jaroMAN ,
I wonder whether you could try to set put to sleep never in the display power management picture you have posted. You could find this in System SettingsPower ManagerDisplay Tab
I am on XFCE and I only have one monitor but it never does not go blank.
Hope it help,
Regards
Me too only one monitor.
Always was ‘NEVER’ for both options. it’s just the switch from 4.18 → 4.20 finally caught up with me despite always having screensaver & locker disabled.
But I placed the xset commands into a bash script and have added to ‘Application Autostart’ under ‘session and startup’.
now I need to test if I still need 'presentation mode/ enabled.