Re: [gdm-list] who shuts down monitor

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Paul:

This can be managed in a few ways.  Some systems support the ability to
turn this feature on at a lower level than GDM.  This is probably the
best way.

To do it with GDM, you can use BackgroundProgram configuration key.

Note that running programs from GDM can compromise security.  If, for
example, if the program you choose to run can be compromised.  It is
recommended to run a launcher program that causes the program to be
run with lowest privilege (such as the "gdm" user).

There are docs in the /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf for this key, and
in the GDM docs.  Let me know if you need extra help setting this up.

http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs/2.15/configuration.html

Brian


> I've searched the mailing lists and documentation pages and have found 
> nothing on configuring the screen saver behavior in gdm when idling on 
> the graphical login screen.
>
> It appears that rather than just blanking the screen, the idle login 
> screen powers down the screen. How do I change this behavior so that the 
> screen blanks instead of powering down.
>
> thanks,
>
> p
>
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