"Stay alive" utility for Ubuntu?

[Jeffrey Needle]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:59:32 +0100, Colin Law wrote:

> On 4 April 2011 20:54, Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:19:37 -0300, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>>>..
>>>
>>> Don't have an elegant answer, others certainly will, but as a shortcut
>>> you could well disable your screensaver for a couple of hours...
>>>
>>> L.
>>>
>>>
>> Indeed, it's what I do now.  Of course, being senile, I forget to turn
>> it back on.
> 
> Forget to turn what back on?
> 
> Colin

The screensaver.  I end up leaving the screen alive for hours on end.

Oh well.  Thanks to all for the great leads.  I think I have the problem 
licked.