Re: How to avoid screen blanking?

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012, Felix Koop wrote:
I tried "xset dpms force off" but that would blank the screen directly.
"xset -dpms" will switch dpms off (at least according to "xset q", but
will not stop the blanking. Same with xset s off or xset s 0. Both

Those only work with good screensavers. Fluff/bling screensavers like the
gnome and kde ones do not abide to it. And they're not safe to use for
screen locking either (race conditions).

If you want something that *works*, especially for screen locking, switch to
xscreensaver in blank mode.

--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh


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