On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, 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.
Is it a BIOS setting perhaps? That was my solution for the selfsame problem, and my screen hasn't blanked in weeks. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
