[TriLUG] disabling screen blanking - solved

[Rob Lockhart]

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On 10/28/2004 06:43 PM, Alan Porter wrote:

> "Setterm" and "xset s off" are neat, but they did not do the trick
> for me.
>
> Instead, I had to edit my /etc/X11/xorg.conf (was XF86Config-4).
>
> Section "Monitor" Identifier   "alans_monitor" HorizSync    30-64
> VertRefresh  50-130 # Option       "DPMS"     <-- comment this out
> EndSection
>
Just out of curiosity, couldn't you just do:
xset -dpms

According to the "xset --help" page, it is supposed to turn DPMS off.

Regards,
  -Rob

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