just switched over from zorin to eos . now i noticed when i’m watching a downloaded movie on smplayer , the screen goes off every 10min, which my power management plan is set to.
i’ve completely switched off power management (and screensaver which i never use anyway) , and it seems to be fixed .
but i’m almost certain i didn’t have to switch of power management in zorin , for videos / movies to play without screen going off .
is there something i’m missing in EOS ?
Which DE are you using?
xfce
i know , but my mac address was visible and wanted to edit it out.
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I see. Try this then:
inxi -Fxxc0z
And @dalto, do you have the powers to scrub that previous post from existence?
better !
ima do that next time
Please do it now, actually. 
System:
Kernel: 6.13.1-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.43 wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM
Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: Phoenix v: 03UC.P026.20101027.LX date: 10/27/2010
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 35.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 35.5/44.4 Wh (80.0%)
volts: 12.4 min: 11.1 model: SAMSUNG Electronics serial: N/A status: full
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Celeron T3500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A
cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2095 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2095 2: 2095 bogomips: 8379
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5 ports: active: LVDS-1,VGA-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42
Device-2: Z-Star Micro Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 5-4:3 chip-ID: 0ac8:c33f
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2732x768 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 pos: primary,left model: Seiko Epson 0x5441
res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 diag: 395mm (15.5")
Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: right model: Samsung S19B300 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
dpi: 85 diag: 470mm (18.5")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
device-ID: 8086:2a42
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e
API: ALSA v: k6.13.1-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co
driver: sky2 v: 1.30 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4354
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Wistron NeWeb driver: wl v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727
IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 6-2:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:219c
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 27.83 GiB (5.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: P3-512 size: 476.94 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 468.38 GiB used: 27.83 GiB (5.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.76 GiB used: 1.53 GiB (40.7%)
Processes: 172 Power: uptime: 23h 45m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
default: graphical
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 926 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
[jp@jp14 ~]$
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alrighty
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It’s harmless
It should be stressed, however, that MAC addresses can only identify devices on a local network they are connected to, or within WiFi or Bluetooth detection range. They can’t be forwarded through the network gateway (for example a router), and so MAC addresses can’t be used to track you by someone on the internet.
cool , was trying to be safe , didn’t know that
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Now, as far as the screen turning off is concerned, there should be a setting in the power settings that allows you to select “Never” for turning off the display.
I don’t have Xfce installed, so I can’t test it, but I do have the settings manager.
Alternatively, clicking on the switch should turn it off entirely, I believe.
PS: These are the kinds of things images are better for. But for something with lots of text, or even just a short error message, send the text instead. 
ok this is what my power manager looks like now , with display switched off.
then i can watch without screen going off after minutes
what i was curious about , i don’t think i had this switched off in zorin though
ps: lappy always on charge
Oh yeah, I forgot about the actual query because you sent your specs. 
Doesn’t Zorin use Gnome and not Xfce? If it does, then they may be similar, but not the same would be my answer to why you had to do it manually.
I used it for a few days in the last few months for testing, so I could be wrong. But I’m almost sure it’s a very customised Gnome.
Also, Zorin has a few “optimisations” to make it work more like Windows, so maybe it’s that.
sorry i was on zorin LIte , which is xfce.
anyway not a big deal , i can leave that display power manager off doesn’t bother me .
i just thought there’s maybe some difference in arch i’m missing.
what is curious though , even with that the display OFF in power management , my screens still goes off after 10min, but when i’m watching movie , it stays on now …
What happens when you turn it on, but set each to “Never” instead?
haven’t tried that
ima get back to you , when i watch movie later with those settings
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I removed the posts with the MAC address shown. I also removed one reply in the middle that was no longer relevant/understandable with those posts gone.
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thank you 
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