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Dustin
Asked: 2011-10-29 23:10:47 +0800 CST

screen going to sleep while program still running in 11.10 32bit

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I have screen saver as well. But with 11.10 the screen goes black/blank while banshee is playing (full screen now playing mode) and while watching movies in VLC. I did not have this issue in any prior ubuntu releases. how can I stop my screen from blanking out while watching movies or running banshee in now playing full screen mode?

thank you for your time and answers

11.10

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  1. Best Answer

    I recommend you install caffeine - it is available via ppa from Launchpad. Run the following in a terminal to install it.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install caffeine

    It is a status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode.

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