* Karol Pietrzak; on 16 Sep, 2001 wrote:

I have it in my boot.local as well. Windows as far back as 95 has a "Low Power Standby" feature for all monitors, and you can set a time. This puts the monitor in that mode, judging from the orange flashing light on my monitor. Is there an equivalent for Linux? A util, maybe? You don't need APM for this because I have it turned off on this machine and it still works fine.

Energy saving setterm -powersave on/off -powerdown X time works for console and X mode -- Togan Muftuoglu

More info regarding this Screen Blanking problem. I did the setterm -blank 0 in my boot.local, but that did not seem to fix the problem! After a bit more research (and a hint from a friend), I found that xset held what i was looking for! First I tried "xset s noblank". That STOPPED my machine from blanking the screen, however it put up a gray screen with an X on it instead. After that, I did an "xset s no" to disable the screensaver itself. I am waiting now to see if it blanks or changes the screen. You can also do an "xset q" to see your current "settings". By running "xset s no" it set the screensaver timeout from 600 to 0. It looks like the setterm -blank 0 is for the terminal only (doesn't factor in when running X). Of course, looking back at my original post, that is exactly what I was asking for! Doh! Thanks to all! Joseph Hobbs Compaq Web Services / GEAE Team Backup Team Lead Tier II/III Web Support Joseph.Hobbs@ae.ge.com hobbsj@somecrazyfool.com -----Original Message----- From: Mikke Mattsson [mailto:sprouts@xpress.se] Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 6:17 AM To: SuSE Linux List Subject: Re: [SLE] Disabling of Console Blanking I know!! (Hand up, waving!!) setterm -blank 0 Put it in one of the startupscripts and you'll never have a blanked console again. :) /Mikkepikkepö ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Hobbs" To: "SuSE Linux List" Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: [SLE] Disabling of Console Blanking

Anyone know how to disable console blanking?

I do not have DPMS mode enabled, or APM installed on the box, yet the console still "blanks" after a few minutes of inactivity. I have looked all over, and I can find nothing explaining how to disable it!

I know it's not putting the monitor to sleep, because I don't get the amber LED on the monitor. It just blanks the screen!

Joseph Hobbs Compaq Web Services / GEAE Team Backup Team Lead Tier II/III Web Support Joseph.Hobbs@ae.ge.com hobbsj@somecrazyfool.com

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