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Re: dpms control?



On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

> Greetings all;
> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in,
> so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect.  So how do I shut the
> screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a device to rock the
> mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals seems like a huge waste of
> time and metal cutting tools to make it.
>
> So, how can I kill the blanker for several hours or all day/night if need
> be?

In my .xsession I have

  xset -dpms
  xset s off
  xset s noblank

It works for me.

-- 
Brian.


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