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

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

Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, 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.
>
> Is it a BIOS setting perhaps?  That was my solution for the selfsame
> problem, and my screen hasn't blanked in weeks.

D'oh. That was it. I turned that setting off when I first got my laptop; 
I have no idea how it got reset.

toshset -d 0

fixed it.

Thanks all,
Randy.