Turn off ubuntu gnome screenlock
I don't know what Ubuntu 20.04 is doing but none of the UI settings work for shit in i3.
I think this FINALLY gets it killed.
xset -dpms s off s noblank s 0 0 s noexpose
Other stuff that probably matches the UI and probably doesn't work:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver idle-activation-enabled false gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0 gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim false
emacs ~/.xscreensaver timeout: 12:00:00 # the max timeout is 12 hours crontab -e # So... I have .xscreensaver set to max delay (12 hours) # and I call this every ten hours to restart the idle timer. * */10 * * * /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command --deactivate >/dev/null