How do you keep screen from timing out in VLC

[Colin23erk]

I had this problem that my screen goes blank if I do not use keyboard or touchpad whilst watching you-tube or skype Looks as if there is yet another long term Bug in Ubuntu and Xfce

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc...ug/1193716

If you scroll to the bottom they recon to have fixed it

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In Xfce Bugzilla #9075, Eric Koegel (eric-koegel) wrote on 2014-06-29: #54
Good news, Simon added support for controlling screen blanking in:
http://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-man...dd7f33b120
and I added the presentation mode turning off screen blanking in:
http://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-power-man...7cb4a0f3e2

Testing/feedback is always welcome if you're able to build from git.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-06-30
Changed in xfce4-power-manager:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
In Xfce Bugzilla #9075, Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote on 2014-06-30: #55
Yup, this bug is actually fixed now.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-07-02
Changed in xfce4-power-manager:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Hope this solves the problem .

Colin