[milomak]

debian sid and kodi v20.1

so i don't use a display manager nor a desktop environment. i am running debian and start kodi using
 

Code:

[ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] && exec startx /usr/bin/kodi

the screensaver is disabled in the settings but when no video is playing for some time, the screen blanks and i need to use the keyboard to start it up again.

the solutions using xset do not work (ran the below from tty2)

Code:

$ xset q
xset:  unable to open display ""

any suggestions what other tools i could use?

[milomak]

tried

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/monitor.conf

Code:

Section "Monitor"
    Option            "DPMS"                 "false"

startx was having none of it

[milomak]

to show it is a kodi issue, if i leave it on tty2, even after an hour when i turn the tv on, the terminal displays and doesn't need me to press a button the keyboard

[milomak]

so i found the workaround seems to set the screensaver to dim