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Re: How to avoid screen blanking?



On Sat, 25 Feb 2012, Felix Koop wrote:
> 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

Those only work with good screensavers.  Fluff/bling screensavers like the
gnome and kde ones do not abide to it.  And they're not safe to use for
screen locking either (race conditions).

If you want something that *works*, especially for screen locking, switch to
xscreensaver in blank mode.

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
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