After some minutes the screen switches off and it is asked for the password to reactivate it. I changed already settings in the energy control and the user section, but it didn´t help.
carmar
20 January 2021 17:20
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Most of the suggestions end in recommending installation of caffeine (install it using Synaptic ).
Hi everyone,
I’m new to Zorin Os, and I need some help.
I use Wine to run surveillance cameras software and show it on LED tv, so I would like the screen to remain always on. However, after a certain time of inactivity, my screen becomes blank. Tried to deactivate the screensaver, checked power saving features, all seems correct. This is not related to Wine as far I can know, since the screen blank even if Wine is not running. This is somewhat frustating. Other than that everything is running …
I’ve only just installed ZorinOS for the first time - lite on an old netbook - and I love it. So responsive where other distros have struggled.
My only issue so far is stopping the screen timeout so the screen stays on at all times. I have tried disabling all timeouts I can find for the screensaver and power saving but it still happens.
I found a thread on the old forum that suggested running
sudo xset s 0 0
to disable timeout on xscreensaver and that works, but it reverts back after a rest…
I started trying Zorin OS 15 Lite from a ‘Live CD’ (actually from a ‘Live USB’) but when I walk away for a few minutes, I come back to it being stuck in a blank screen. I tried tinkering around with the power settings to no avail. Anybody know how to leave Zorin OS 15 Lite on indefinititely without it sleeping/hibernating or the monitor stop displaying? (I can worry about Super+L to lockscreen manually later when and if I’m not working with a ‘Live CD’).
As a secondary question, if one ends up …