I've set up a print server based on Suse7.2 To save on disc space I'm using windowmaker, cups/kups and samba. I want the print queue to be visible so that kids can see the progress of their print job the screen goes blank after a few minutes of none keyboard use. I've checked the bios and apm and they don't seem to be responsible. Where do I look next?

You want want to use "setterm -blank 0" -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 08:45:46AM +0000, Dave Williams wrote:

I've set up a print server based on Suse7.2 To save on disc space I'm using windowmaker, cups/kups and samba. I want the print queue to be visible so that kids can see the progress of their print job the screen goes blank after a few minutes of none keyboard use. I've checked the bios and apm and they don't seem to be responsible. Where do I look next?

Since you're using X you want to have a look at the manpage for xset. You can either turn off the power management stuff by putting: xset -dpms in .xinitrc Or you can change the blanking time: xset s 600 s blank eg. set it to 10 mins. I'd go for the latter. It will alert you to the fact that the child hasn't touched their computer for 10 minutes & you can then flog them or administer some other appropriate punishment ;-) -- Frank *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Boroughbridge. Tel: 01423 323019 --------- PGP keyID: 0xC0B341A3 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/