disable screensaver from command line

[Jim Dean]

The screensaver isn't part of Xfce but if you are using Xscreensaver there
is  manpage that shows how to configure it. On systemd distros you can
disable it with systemctl --user disable xscreensaver and restart.


On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 at 10:53, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:

> I'm running XFCE 4.12 on Ubuntu 16.04. It's an unattended installation,
> fully automated via Ansible. The desktops are running under VNC and each
> user connects remotely via VPN. All vncserver services are running all
> the time for all users (it's simpler this way).
>
> After a while, screensavers kick in for all accounts, wasting CPU
> cycles. I can't ask users to disable their screensaver manually because
> the instance may be destroyed / recreated any time, losing any manual
> changes.
>
> Is there a way to disable the screensaver from the command line? If so,
> I could run that command (or set of commands) while the instance is
> provisioned with Ansible, disabling the screensaver for all accounts.
>
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> Florin Andrei
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