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

["Randy W. Sims" <ml-linux@thepierianspring.org>]

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.

Thanks,
Randy.