Lubuntu - Disable screen saver....for real this time?

Question

I know this has been asked multiple times. I have tried multiple things, however nothing I seem to do stick. I am trying to disable the screen saver/screen blanking on Lubuntu 14.04. I've tried the following in rc.local, but nothing seems to actually disable it:

xset -dpms xset s off xset -dpms; xset s off

setterm -blank 0 -powerdown 0 echo -ne "\033[9;0]" >> /etc/issue

Solution 1

light-locker lies liberally. Even with it set to disabled, even with it explicitly telling me that locking was being handled by Xfce Power Manager, it still jumped in and locked the screen after resume from suspend.

Solution: sudo apt-get -y remove light-locker

And get on with your life.

Solution 2

I had this problem on my Lubuntu system for ages too. I did 2 things to fix it:

1. In Light Locker (Menu > Preferences > Light Locker Settings) make sure that 'blank screen' and 'switch off display after' are set to 'never'. Then make sure the 'Enable light-locker' switch is OFF.
2. In XFCE Power Manager (Menu > Preferences > Power Manager) select the 'On AC' menu, then click the 'monitor' tab. Make sure 'Put display to sleep when computer is inactive for' and 'Switch off display when computer is inactive for' are both set to 'never'. Now do the same for the 'On Battery' menu.

Make sure you hit 'Apply' before closing each window, then reboot your computer and the problem should be fixed. It was for me anyway.

Comments

[user3324834]

Tried method below, no luck!

[user3324834]

the first part was done before. I am trying the "chmod +x ~/.xinitrc" to see if that makes a difference.

[user3324834]

Nope, didn't make a difference, still goes blank!

[shibormot]

touching OnBattery settings helped me, lubuntu 14.10

[drkokandy]

Gnome Mplayer may or may not be resetting defaults, but I encountered the same issue as OP and my default video player has always been VLC. Disabling Lightlocker as mentioned in a different answer was effective on my machine.

[Hannes R.]

@drkokandy: might be a different version then. I tested above behavior on Lubuntu 14.04.

[Vitaly Zdanevich]

Why do we need & at the end?