OS: CENTOS 7 / Gnome 3 GUI
How do I the time that must elapse until the OS thinks that the computer is idle and blanks out the screen?
I am aware of the new Settings | Privacy | Screen Lock feature, however this feature simply prevents the screen from locking, when the screen black. I turned this feature off.
I am also aware of the setterms --powersave off command line feature. This feature prevents blanking the screen and going into power save mode.
I want to control the time. The default is about a minute or so.
With CENTOS 6.5, there was a screensaver applet that controlled the time and behavior. I am aware that GNOME 3 thought nobody in their right mind would want a screensaver, so they got rid of it. The applet, gnome-screensaver, is not possible to install, but as I read does not solve the problem.
Thoughts?
14 Answers
You can control the delay time with a setting under "Power" option within Settings area.
2GUI way:
1. In the upper right corner "USERNAME" menu select "Settings"
2. Go to "Power"
3. "Power Saving->Blank Screen" = can be set from 1 - 15 minutesCommand line way (to view and set it to 5 minutes):
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300OS: CentOS Linux 7 Gnome: Version 3.14.2 Virtualization: KVM
I was having the same issues. This is the path I took to resolve the timer issue.
Settings / Privacy / Screen Lock (Click on the Screen Lock tab... the whole thing is the tab :-) ) Select the new timer or turn it off. Problem solved!
KoalaJoe
1Just in case we have any minimal centos users here. Where there is not a GUI.
Use the command setterm (command for adjusting various time based settings) -blank (screen blank out from inactivity) 30 (the new length of time you wish the event out to occur). In this case, 30 minutes.
setterm -blank 30
