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    RPi3B+ / Official Raspberry Pi 7" Touch Screen Display - what controls if/when screen turns off?

    Hi, I am using R13 on a RPi3B+ with the Official Raspberry Pi 7" Touch Screen Display. In my other FreeBSD systems, the screen turns off by itself after some minutes (like a screen saver). This doesn't happen with my RPi setup. What controls this feature? How can I activate it? Thank you in...
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    Screensaver doesn't time out

    I'm using i3 window manager but for some reason my screensaver no longer times out. I restarted my workstation for the first time in many months so I wouldn't know what I had updated that may have affected this. Here is my relevant xset q: Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow...
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    Can I use sc and not have the screen go blank when I exit Xorg?

    If I use sc, when I exit Xorg I get a blank screen. The handbook suggests I use vt, which works but doesn't have a screen saver. So I'd like to use sc. There is something that is not yet clear to me. Is it possible to use sc and not have the screen go blank after I exit Xorg? Just for the...
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    Can vt(4) turn off the screen after a period of inactivity?

    When I try to return from Xorg to pure console (either by killing Xorg or with ctrl-alt-f2) I get a blank screen. The handbook says enabling vt(4) will fix the problem. And it did. But then the screen saver wouldn't work: # from /etc/rc.conf saver="green" 10 months ago, someone asked this...
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