[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
> > 
> > 
> 
> 




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