Settings for Screen Blank time assumes too much

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The Screen Blank setting provides 10 time delays setting from 1 min up to 15 minutes. This may seem adequate for typical use, but it completely overlooks other use cases.

I will give you a concrete case: We use a Gnome/Linux system with a camera attached to a stage system, while another computer controls a motion stage itself, hence it’s a two computer setup. The operator needs to see that camera at any instant, there is no time to pull out the second keyboard (on a shelve under the primary keyboard) and log back in every 15 minutes – he doesn’t even have time to press a single key if I deactivate logging in all together. It has to be visible at all times. However it still needs to blank after a number of hours b/c the system stays on all night and has started to burn-in the monitor.

We have similar situations for a number of our Linux setups. 15 minute blanking in our work environment is endlessly annoying, and at worst simply not viable.

As system admin I can adjust things using gsettings, but it would be a lot less hassle if users could simply have finer control of their desired settings.

Here is a reference to another thread on this topic too: Settings - Improve setting the time for screen blank

It’s just not wise to make too many assumptions about other peoples use cases. I would recommend making some sort of clock widget, allowing any number of minutes selections up to a full day.

Thanks.

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Hmm… Why do this get changed from Desktop to Applications? Is Settings considered just another application?

Also, I need to add that I have tried using gsettings to overcome the limitations mentioned and I am not having any success. Guess I am doing it wrong:

`sudo gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-delay 7200`

And it does seem wrong because I have to use sudo, but I am trying to set it for a specific user.

[UPDATE] I am now trying dconf editor instead and see if that works.

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'Settings' tag is used for GNOME Settings app.

Try without 'sudo'.

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Okay. It worked without sudo. (FYI, I had used su to get to an admin account, and forgot I was still in it, that’s what messed it up.)

I’ll know tomorrow if I finally got the settings right.

Thanks.