[mythtv-users] Nvida card choice for mythtv and gaming

[Jim Abernathy]

On 5/12/20 5:33 PM, BP wrote:
> On 5/12/20 1:28 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>
>>
>> I think the problem has something to do with the fact that 
>> xscreensaver and Display settings are both installed and you have to 
>> make sure that you turn off the display management power settings and 
>> screen locking in both places. I’ve made all those changes; now I’ll 
>> test a bunch of cases.
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>
> A couple of the links I found in my browsing history (actually links 
> marked as read using a persisted search for "xfce resets screen size 
> when monitor off") that point directly to Xfce:
>
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=243115
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842536
> https://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/comments/9cgf2o/how_to_prevent_desktop_from_being_reconfigured/ 
>
>
> I remember trying to disable the display daemon but I think I found 
> that that does not apply to newer versions of Xfce.
>
> The having a persistently running script as suggested in another reply 
> looks like another solution that would work well without changing 
> window managers.
>
I remember that on the Raspbian desktop that you had to install 
xscreensaver and then disable it to complete the no blanking

Jim A