[wellylug] screen blanking

[Jethro Carr]

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?
> 

it could be some X setting you know nothing about.

under the moniter section, there is some stuff to do with power
management.

take a look there.

try turning off: Option "DPMS"

that's got something to do with moniter power management.



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Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com>

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