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[hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Steven T. Hatton)]

Sandy wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Arun K. Khan wrote:
>
> [....]
> >
> >To use X's DPMS you need to add the following to your .xinitrc just before
> >invoking the Window Manager
> >
> >xset +dpms
> >
> Question: Running KDE on SuSE 5.2 my xinitrc points to twm, which has
> no reference to $WINDOWMANAGER or kdm. But in my home directory there is
> ..xinitrc, which ends with:
>         #
>         # finaly start the window manager
>         #
>
>         exec $WINDOWMANAGER
>
> So I assume this would be the correct file to add the xset to?
>
> The box is configured for root plus 2 users, so would the xset need to
> be added to the 2nd users .xinitrc in her home directory?
>
> I haven't found a .xinitrc for root, so how would I get dpms to kick in
> for root?
>
> >For more info pls. do "man xset"
> >
> I did, but given my low level of Linux, it wasn't much help to me.
>
> TIA
>
> Sandy
>
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Sandy,

I would guess/hope that this setting would be global.  For now I just ran the
xset command from a kvt prompt.  Seems to work.  (Thanks guys)  I don't know
much about the guts of Linux or X myself.   Perhaps some one more
knowledgeable will be able to explain this.

Steve

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