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    A Former User @mdhenriksen
    last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 11:00 AM

    @mdhenriksen
    Your laptop works with xset dpms force off on a shell? See your energy-saving setting in your environment.

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      mdhenriksen @Guest
      last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 11:18 AM

      @sean said in Turn monitor on/off with MMM-voice:

      @mdhenriksen
      Your laptop works with xset dpms force off on a shell? See your energy-saving setting in your environment.

      Hey Sean! I’m on Ubuntu 18.10, so I guess it should work. I’m pretty sure Mykle1 is on Ubuntu 16.04.

      As far as I know there is no energy-saving settings really. Could you elaborate you answer maybe? :D

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        A Former User @mdhenriksen
        last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 11:34 AM

        @mdhenriksen
        I’m not experienced with Ubuntu, but I think there might be DPMS manager (Screen saver, monitor on/off) on X. You’d better check using DPMS enabled.

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          mdhenriksen @Guest
          last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 11:38 AM

          @sean So you’re saying there might be a setting that allows for the DPMS being turned on and off, right?

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            A Former User @mdhenriksen
            last edited by A Former User Dec 28, 2018, 11:40 AM Dec 28, 2018, 11:40 AM

            @mdhenriksen
            What would be displayed as the result of xset -q ?

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              mdhenriksen @Guest
              last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 3:03 PM

              @sean Hey again Sean,

              So here’s the output of xset -q:

              I noticed the following: Server does not have the DPMS Extension :expressionless_face: Figured that’s why it’s not working. So I’m not sure about this whole DPMS thing. Is it an extension I can install or is it something native to a computer, e.g. hardware?

              Keyboard Control:
                auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
                XKB indicators:
                  00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
                  03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
                  06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
                  09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
                  12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
                auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  33
                auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                                      fadfffefffedffff
                                      9fffffffffffffff
                                      fff7ffffffffffff
                bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
              Pointer Control:
                acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
              Screen Saver:
                prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
                timeout:  0    cycle:  0
              Colors:
                default colormap:  0x23    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
              Font Path:
                /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,built-ins
              DPMS (Energy Star):
                Server does not have the DPMS Extension
              
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                A Former User @mdhenriksen
                last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 3:29 PM

                @mdhenriksen said in Turn monitor on/off with MMM-voice:

                DPMS (Energy Star):
                Server does not have the DPMS Extension

                I’m not expert of this kind, so I might be wrong.

                As I know, in nowadays modern linux machine, DPMS is auto detected and enabled if ACPI is also enabled at kernel runtime. However check /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ in the Monitor section (Or corresponding alternatives on your environment. Again, I’m not familiar with *nix machines :D )

                Option "DPMS" "true"
                
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                  mdhenriksen @Guest
                  last edited by Dec 28, 2018, 4:31 PM

                  @sean Yeah, I’m trying to look into that right now, but without much luck at the moment :D

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                    mdhenriksen
                    last edited by Dec 29, 2018, 6:58 AM

                    SOLVED

                    This is not really a solution, but my error was that I was logged in on “Ubuntu on Wayland” which doesn’t have DPMS.

                    On the login screen of Ubuntu you can click the little gear-icon and choose what kind of Ubuntu you want to login to. Wayland is a bit restricted, so just go with “Ubuntu” and not “Ubuntu on Wayland”

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