How to turn display off and ignore mouse movement?

Asked Jan 24 '18 at 15:49

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I'd like to put the built-in display into standby (E.G. xset dpms force off) and keep the display off even if the mouse moves. That is, I want to ignore mouse movement for the purposes of waking the display. How can I achieve this?

The use case is: I'm using Synergy to control other machines, and the built in display on the host generates a lot of heat. if I'm not actively using it, I'd like the display to sleep while focused on another machine.

The accepted answer in Can I force screen blank and ignore input? doesn't work for me because I want X11 to be able to receive mouse input, I just don't want that mouse input to wake the screen (I.E. that suggestion causes Synergy to lose access to the mouse input)

edited Jan 24 '18 at 17:03

asked Jan 24 '18 at 15:49

Josh

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Thanks @StephenKitt I didn't find that one, not sure how... it's the exact same question. – Josh Jan 24 '18 at 15:57
You’re welcome. I’m not sure it will work with Synergy though :-/. – Stephen Kitt Jan 24 '18 at 16:01
@StephenKitt sadly, it doesn't work... then Synergy loses access to the mouse. It may be that what I want to do isn't possible... – Josh Jan 24 '18 at 16:02
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Right, I wondered as much. I’ll flag the question for re-opening. – Stephen Kitt Jan 24 '18 at 16:06
(For future commenters and reviewers, the duplicate suggested was Can I force screen blank and ignore input?) – Stephen Kitt Jan 24 '18 at 16:07
Thanks @StephenKitt! I edited the question to clarify why it's not an exact duplicate (well, it is, but I want a different answer than the other question) – Josh Jan 24 '18 at 17:04

How to turn display off and ignore mouse movement?

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