Description of problem: Sometimes I need to keep the screen on for a longer period of time, though I am not touching the keyboard or mouse - ie. during screen calibration, or just to have something on the screen I need to have at glance. There is no way of preventing screen from blanking. inhibit applet is non existent in Gnome3. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-power-manager-2.91.92-2.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. System Settings > Screen 2. Try to change "Turn off after" Actual results: available values range from "1 minute" to "1 hour" Expected results: same as above plus "never" Additional info: there is no choice between battery / AC power, no separate settings for those two states - why is that?
Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647828
...well https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647828 was closed as 'notabug' for gnome-control-center hmm should probably file requestforenhancement for 'arbitrary decay time setting' but at the moment there is still a request for gnome-screensaver for 'seconds': https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545338 and there is a gnome-power-manager related 'never option' still open: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663719 so maybe holding off filing for arbitrary the 'arbitrary delay setting' in hope of obviousness... its almost like no-one is familiar with the concept of multi screen daylong work anymore? :.) | :./
*** Bug 787587 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
OK, there was a gnome-hell extension called a 'presentation mode' which no longer works... so when I try to watch programs through iPlayer I need to move mouse from time to time in order to keep screen awake. As flash does not have any control over my screen, it cannot prevent my screen from fading out after x minutes...
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