screensaver problem

[Rich Rudnick]

geoffrey froner wrote:
> Power Management is set so that neither the computer nor the display in
> 'never' put to sleep.  So it must be something else. 
> 
> Geoffrey
> 
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Steve Cook
> <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com <mailto:yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 16:54 -0500, geoffrey froner wrote:
>     > I can select how long the computer remains idle before the screensaver
>     > begins but I havent seen anything allowing how long the ss will be on.
>     > To return to the screen only takes a button or a mouse move. The
>     > screensaver type can be selected as well and it is not blank.
>     >
>     > Geoffrey
>     >
>     System > Preferences > Screensaver > Power Management

It may be the monitor itself, try commenting the DPMS line in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.