codito/gnome-shell-pomodoro — Issue #38: Idea: Activate screensaver on long breaks
Author: kamilprusko
Created: 2011-11-27 23:57:01+00:00
State: open

Screensaver has a habbit to activate itself at the end of every long break. The idea is to monitor idle time and activate screensaver after 30 seconds of user inactivity during long break, and deactivate it 30 seconds before next pomodoro start to warm up the screen.

Problem is that activating screensaver don't put screen into suspend or standby mode.

If we insist on suspending the screen, we can achieve it by a command line ```gnome-screensaver-command --activate; xset dpms force suspend; sleep 7; gnome-screensaver-command --deactivate; xset dpms force on``` but it's not perfect - screen remains blanked.