1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/screen-locker.sh b/screen-locker.sh
index b1fb594..8950978 100755
--- a/screen-locker.sh
+++ b/screen-locker.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,22 @@ revert() {
 	logger "unlocking screen"
 }
 trap revert SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+# XXX: this seems to be broken so we also have our own loop to do essentially the same
 xset +dpms dpms 10 10 10
 
-xset dpms force off
+dpms-loop() {
+	exec 9>&-
+
+	sleep 20
+	while pidof i3lock &> /dev/null; do
+		xset dpms force off
+		sleep 30
+	done
+}
+
+dpms-loop &
+loop_pid=$!
+
 logger "locking screen"
 i3lock -n -c 000000