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

[Matthias Czapla <dermatsch@gmx.de>]

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?

Regards
Matthias