Re: [OT] Err, how do I turn off screen blanking

From: Randy W. Sims (ml-linux_at_thepierianspring.org)
Date: 07/19/04

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:53:45 -0400
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    Matthias Czapla wrote:
    > On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 09:32:42PM -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote:
    >
    >>Matthias Czapla wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 08:48:32PM -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>How do I turn off or customize the time out for the "screen saver" that
    >>>>blanks the screen? I thought it might be part of the power management
    >>>>features, but couldn't find any docs. Note: this is the blanking that
    >>>>occurs both at the console and within X, it's not the screen saver.
    >>>
    >>>Don't know about the console but the builtin X screen saver can be
    >>>controlled with the xset command. Note that additionally to the
    >>>"s" option the "dpms" option may be useful if your monitor supports
    >>>it.
    >>
    >>I've tried:
    >>
    >>xset -dpms
    >>xset s noblank
    >>xset s off
    >>
    >>without success. My screen still blanks every couple of minutes.
    >
    >
    > Maybe your window manager/desktop environment override it? What
    > does "xset q" say after entering the above commands and after the
    > screen blanked?

    That doesn't seem to be the problem:

    pieria:/home/randys# xset q
    ...
    Screen Saver:
       prefer blanking: no allow exposures: no
       timeout: 0 cycle: 600
    ...
    DPMS (Energy Star):
       Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400
       DPMS is Disabled
    ... 

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