How do you keep screen from timing out in VLC

[Colin23erk]

Hi all
I still needed to disable the Screensaver

I am not sure what the screensaver default option is set for at installation but mine was Set at "Blank Screen Only"with the result that Screen goes black after 10 mins -- this time is adjustable up to 720 minutes.

Why is the default -- Blank Screen after !0 mins and why does it over-ride the power options .

If a normal moving Screensaver was the default then we would be aware it was a screensaver causing the working screen to be lost .

My preferred Default would be to "Disable Screensaver"---seeing that Screensavers are not essential to prevent CRT  screen burnouts. Those that like a Screensaver could then set their own options  .

Another issue for me is could  all the settings  needed to control what happens on the screen  be brought under one  common integrated  "Display "  Settings option  so there is no need to search in Power setting  (not an obvious place) / Screensaver settings / Desktop settings / Display settings . for settings which may conflict with each other .

Colin

[Reticent]

(Answer to Original Post:  use a screen-saver that VLC works with, and power settings that keep the display on.  VLC's screensaver-suppression settings don't work with all screensavers, just expected one(s).)

Actually, screen-savers were invented because they are necessary for (vintage?) CRT monitors; there's an LCD-scrub version for certain LCD monitors, LED monitors generally don't need one at all ... and some of them add enough aesthetic ambience to be justified without "need".

I agree that a blank-screen screen-saver is an unwise selection for a live or pre-install default; it's likely simply politically least controversial.

Cross-connecting related settings menu-entries would definitely be wiser than the usual obfuscation-by-burial.

[Colin23erk]

Hi Reticent

Thanks for your comments .Lets hope someone does something about the ideas.

I choose to use Linux Lite because of its claim to be for non-geeks . My view is I want my computer to enable me to do my chosen tasks and not to be a hobby itself so I want the operating system to just do its work in the background .

The "Lite" team has done a very good job but is let down by the failure of the Ubuntu team not sorting long standing problems . Until Linux is seen to work out of the box in all departments with a minimum of background knowledge its never going to be as widely accepted as it deserves . It has to overcome its reputation of been hobby for geeks .

I have spent a month since I first installed Lite trying to get it to work properly in Bluetooth Audio , Screen Brightness , Screen going Blank , WiFi adapter , Office , etc . I have found it a handicap not understanding how to do things using Commands but I am not wanting to learn at 70

Never heard of the word "obfuscation" so I looked it up . Good one !

Colin