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Re: How to avoid screen blanking?



Hi Rob,

I do not have that command (gnome-screensaver-preferences) installed and
did not find it in any debian SID package. I am using Debian SID. Do you
also use SID and can tell me in which package this command is?

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Felix Koop



Am Samstag, den 25.02.2012, 15:19 -0500 schrieb Rob Owens: 
> Sorry, forgot to cc you.
> -Rob
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> -----
> 
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:17:41 -0500
> From: Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How to avoid screen blanking?
> 
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 08:39:43PM +0100, Felix Koop wrote:
> > Thanks for your answers. Please keep me on cc as I am currently not
> > subscribed to this list.
> > 
> > I tried "xset dpms force off" but that would blank the screen directly.
> > "xset -dpms" will switch dpms off (at least according to "xset q", but
> > will not stop the blanking. Same with xset s off or xset s 0. Both
> > settings do not help. I also commented out the "Option DPMS" in
> > xorg.conf file, but somehow this seems to come back in as "xset q" after
> > logging in will show DPMS as enabled.
> > 
> > Yes, I am using gnome and my window manager is gdm3. I tried searching
> > power settings under org.gnome in dconf-editor, but did not find any.
> > Could you be more specific where they should be? Or do I need to install
> > any package to have those settings available?
> > 
> Try running gnome-screensaver-preferences
> 
> You can uncheck "activate screensaver when computer is idle"
> 
> -Rob
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----


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