Re: no DPMS on HDMI output while screen lock

[Martin Cigorraga <martincigorraga gmail com>]

Hi Thomas,

I think it might be associated with the way the lock screen is intended to work: if you _lock_ your session none information should be disclosed - and that includes audio and video output too.

What about using the extension 'Turn screen off'? What it really does is to invoke the 'xset' command, like: $ xset -display :0 dpms force off - but it's really handy to have it on the system menu too and of course let people appreciate the greatness of GNOME 3 :)

Please note that while using this extension (I love it) you can quickly turn your display off the system timer that keeps track to decide when a session should be 'locked' keeps running at its own pace, so at any given moment you will find that any audio reproduced while your screen is off will stop; you can customize that time it will take to automatically lock the screen from the Power menu in Settings.

Another way to workaround this 'not desired behavior' (I will refrain myself from calling it a bug) is to try a console music player like the great and almighty MOC[0] (Music on console, duh!).

HTH.

-Martín

[0] http://moc.daper.net/

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Thomas Meyer <thomas m3y3r de> wrote:

Hi,

I have an sound receiver attached to my HDMI output on my laptop, so I
can listen to music. but when I lock my screen in the gnome-shell with
Windows+L key combination, gnome-shell seems to enable DPMS on the HDMI
output: is there a way to exclude the HDMI output from being put into
power saving mode while the screen is locked by gnome-shell?

Any ideas how I can achieve this?

with kind regards
thomas

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