Re: dpms control?
On Saturday 20 June 2020 12:02:51 Brian wrote:
> 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 <-I didn't have this, set from the command line, thanks
> xset s noblank
>
> It works for me.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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