[PLUG] Run a simple script at KDE startup

Paul Mullen pm at nellump.net
Tue Dec 12 19:53:58 UTC 2006


On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:14:23AM -0800, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> $HOME/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc now has entries:
> 
> [DisplayEnergy]
> displayEnergySaving=true
> displayPowerOff=3
> displayStandby=2
> displaySuspend=1

Did you edit the file directly, or was it created by the KDE
"Configure Desktop..." control panel?

> However, xset q says:
> 
> DPMS (Energy Star):
>   Standby: 1200    Suspend: 1800    Off: 2400
>   DPMS is Enabled
>   Monitor is On
> 
> This looks similar to a bug which lots of people have complained about in 
> KDE, Gnome, and perhaps Debian.  (Times get multiplied by 60.)

Those numbers look reasonable. xset deals with seconds, while the KDE
control panel works with minutes. If you did edit kcmdisplayrc by
hand, then it's not surprising that the values xset reports don't
match. For a manual edit to work properly, you'd likely have to logout
of your KDE session, then edit the file, and log back in. If you make
the changes via the KDE control panel, it will automatically update
the X server.

-- 
Paul



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