I am using Awesome WM, and I use xscreensaver to lock the screen if I'm away for a certain amount of time. I also enabled screen power management in the xscreensaver configuration to turn off the monitor after some time. I want to implement a "persentation mode", which disables these. I can disable screen locking by calling xscreensaver-command -deactivate periodically. However, it doesn't stop the screen from going idle. I tried blocking idle in systemd-inhibit, but that doesn't help either.
Is there any way to temporarily disable screen power management in xscreensaver? Or, alternatively, is there any alternative screen locker / power management tool that allows locking the screen, turning off the screen, and temporarily disabling itself from command line?
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It's hard to tell what exactly turns off your screen. You can give xset a try. You can control the screensaver (screen going black after some while) with it. For example xset s off.
From man xset:
For screen-saver control: s [timeout [cycle]] s default s on s blank s noblank s off s expose s noexpose s activate s reset For screen locking I love to use slock.
EDIT: Slock doen't have a auto lock capability. You need a tool (for example xautolock) which watches your X and calls slock.
xautolock -time 2 -locker slock 
