On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 09:32:42PM -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote: > Matthias Czapla wrote: > >On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 08:48:32PM -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote: > > > >>How do I turn off or customize the time out for the "screen saver" that > >>blanks the screen? I thought it might be part of the power management > >>features, but couldn't find any docs. Note: this is the blanking that > >>occurs both at the console and within X, it's not the screen saver. > > > >Don't know about the console but the builtin X screen saver can be > >controlled with the xset command. Note that additionally to the > >"s" option the "dpms" option may be useful if your monitor supports > >it. > > I've tried: > > xset -dpms > xset s noblank > xset s off > > without success. My screen still blanks every couple of minutes.
Maybe your window manager/desktop environment override it? What does "xset q" say after entering the above commands and after the screen blanked? Regards Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
