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 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
...