centos 7: control idle (screen blanking) time?

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00:00 Centos 7: Control Idle (Screen Blanking) Time?
00:57 Accepted Answer Score 21
01:10 Answer 2 Score 9
01:31 Answer 3 Score 4
02:04 Answer 4 Score 1
02:27 Thank you

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#linux #centos #gnome #screensaver

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 21

You can control the delay time with a setting under "Power" option within Settings area.

ANSWER 2

Score 9

GUI way:

1. In the upper right corner "USERNAME" menu select "Settings"
2. Go to "Power"
3. "Power Saving->Blank Screen" = can be set from 1 - 15 minutes

Command line way (to view and set it to 5 minutes):

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300

ANSWER 3

Score 4

OS: CentOS Linux 7 Gnome: Version 3.14.2 Virtualization: KVM

I was having the same issues. This is the path I took to resolve the timer issue.

Settings / Privacy / Screen Lock (Click on the Screen Lock tab... the whole thing is the tab :-) ) Select the new timer or turn it off. Problem solved!

KoalaJoe

ANSWER 4

Score 1

Just in case we have any minimal centos users here. Where there is not a GUI. Use the command setterm (command for adjusting various time based settings) -blank (screen blank out from inactivity) 30 (the new length of time you wish the event out to occur). In this case, 30 minutes.

setterm -blank 30