Is xscreensaver running. Try running xscreensaver-demo to change the settings. I don't know why you would not be able to ping unless maybe the hard drive was powering down, but that should be controlled in the bios.
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 10:52, Richard Otte wrote: > What controls whether or not my screen dims (goes to sleep) when I don't > use the machine for a while? I have the power saver features disabled > in the bios, and still get the screen dimming on inactivity. I'd like > to find out how to disable this, because I think it is also not allowing > my machine to be reached on the network. When the machine is inactive, > I can't ping it. Any suggestions on where the screen dimming and > network inaccessibility are coming from would be appreciated. Thanks, > > Ric > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
