On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Mitchell K. Smith wrote:
> I am using Red Har 7.0.
>
> When working at the command line (without X) I can turn off screen blanking
> by doing a
> setterm -blank off
>
> I have two questions.
>
> Does the setterm option "stick" upon rebooting?
No. And sometimes sticking 'setterm -blank off' in /etc/rc.local doesn't
work, I believe something in the console VGA font support startup resets
it as I recall.
You could add it to your .bash_profile though.
> Can I turn off screen blanking when using Gnome?
xset s 0
HTH,
Bill Carlson
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