X11 DPMS helper - disables DPMS/ScreenSaver while playing media
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xdpms-helper

xdpms-helper.sh script disables native X11 DPMS and Screen Saver while media is playing, and enables it back when no media is playing.

(Work In Progress)

Installation

This is rather simple. Just download source and make install as a root.

git clone https://codeberg.org/rsm/xdpms-helper
cd xdpms-helper
sudo make install

Then add it to your .xinitrc

xdpms-helper.sh &

Configuration

xdpms-helper reads default configuration from /etc/X11/app-defaults/xdpms-helper file, and from ~/.xdpms-helper file.

To change configuration system wide - edit /etc/X11/app-defaults/xdpms-helper file. To change configuration for single user, copy default config to ~/.xdpms-helper file and then edit it.

License

GNU GPL v3 or later.