screen turns off? some ways to fix.

[fryfrog]

your problem is DPMS most likely. the solution is to mess with "xset" some.

i managed to get my redhat box to NEVER turn the monitor off while messing with xset.

possible uses of the command:

"xset q" to see settings, "xset s off" to turn off screen saver, "xset -dpms" to turn off dpms, "xset dpms X X" to change some settings for dpms, "xset s noblank" not sure.

play around with xset and xset --help and xset q to see if you can figure it all out.

i have YET to get xset to STOP blanking my damn mandrake linuxi though, so if you figure that out... tell me! :)

[TriggerHappy]

Thank you I though I was crazy. I also cannot find where to stop it from turning off the screensaver in Mandrake. Doesn't matter what i set in the control panels it turns off.

HELP

[yyz]

Try this;

xset s 0 0
xset s noblank
xset s off
xset -dpms

I use in in a shell script on my RH 7.2 box.

[Zeppo]

I just use the xset s off.
What do all the other lines do?

[fryfrog]

i toss in an "xset dpms 0 0 0" just for the heck of it, right before "xset -dpms". for some reason, it makes everything groovey (no blanking at all) on the redhat box, but the mandrake 8.1 box STILL blanks the screen after a while. i even go back and check the xset settings ("xset q") and they are correct. drives me crazy, oh oh...