[wellylug] screen blanking
Chris Hodgetts
chris at archnetnz.com
Sat Sep 17 16:18:24 NZST 2005
try the
xset s off
command before you modify your system settings :) -- I had a look around
on my config, and cant seem to see the files they are talking about, but
I dont use XDM, so that might by why :)
On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 16:11 +1200, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> Did a bit of a google search for you..
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> 4. If I'm idle for about 10 minutes, my screen turns black, how do I
> turn that off or start a screen saver?
>
> To disable blanking for the text consoles: setterm -blank 0
>
> To disable X server screen blanking: xset s off
>
> To get a (great!) screensaver for X, install the xscreensaver package and
> add the following to your ~/.xsession (for XDM) or equivalent for startx
> (.xinitrc? not sure what Debian uses):
>
> xset s off
> xscreensaver &
>
> These lines should precede the one that execs your window manager.
> My .xsession is:
>
>
> ===========================
> #!/bin/sh
>
> xset s off
> xscreensaver &
> exec fvwm2
>
> ===========================
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> Let me know if thats what you are meaning :)..
>
> On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 19:42 -0700, Brent Wood wrote:
> > A Linux PC running KDE, no KDE screensaver enabled, but the screen is blanking
> > after about 5 minutes. A keypress or mouse move un-blanks it.
> >
> > Screen blanking is disabled in BIOS, no screensaver in KDE that I can find...
> >
> > Any ideas on what might be blanking it? Some X setting I know nothing about?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brent
> >
> >
>
>
More information about the wellylug
mailing list