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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Disable Screen Blanking
From:       Norman_Rieß <norman () smash-net ! org>
Date:       2013-07-08 15:12:53
Message-ID: 51DAD6F5.5050506 () smash-net ! org
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Am 08.07.2013 14:43, schrieb Randolph Maaßen:
> 2013/7/8 Norman Rieß <norman@smash-net.org <mailto:norman@smash-net.org>>
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     i am trying to disable Screen Blanking but have been unsuccessful so
>     far.
> 
>     I used various methods:
> 
>     * installed gnome-power-manager and disabled screen power saving
>     * setterm -blank 0
>     * echoing "setterm -blank 0" to the dev/ttyXs
>     * xset s off
>     * Kernel parameter in Grub consoleblank=0
> 
>     A kernelsetting for this seem to have existed in older kernels, but
>     seems to have vanished in recent ones.
> 
>     All methods have failed.
> 
>     Does anyone know of a way to just keep the screen on?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Norman
> 
> 
> I have in my openbox autostart.sh "xset -dpms s off". this disables the
> sceensaver (as you tried), but also turns Energy Star (DPMS) features off. 
> So no power management turns off the screen.
> 
> -- 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
>  
> Randolph Maaßen
> 

Thank you! It works.

Regards,
Norman

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