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Re: stop monitor going to black



Charles Kroeger writes:
 > What is the command to end the monitor going dark after a few minutes
 > of inactivity of the mouse or keyboard?

xset -dpms or xset s off should do it depending on whether it's DPMS
or the screen saver feature blanking the screen.

xset q will show current state of both screen saver and dpms, along
with a lot of other sometimes useful information.

Joe


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