How do I disable screen blanking?

[Hans Muecke]

Am 29.05.2012 12:37, schrieb Nils Kassube:
> Hans Muecke wrote:
>> Am 29.05.2012 11:26, schrieb Nils Kassube:
>>> In the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" for the proprietary nvidia driver
>>> I have this section:
>>>
>>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>>
>>>     Option         "BlankTime" "0"
>>>     Option         "NoPM" "1"
>>>     Option         "StandbyTime" "0"
>>>     Option         "SuspendTime" "0"
>>>     Option         "OffTime" "0"
>>>
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> I have no idea if it might be also relevant for other xservers.
>> Since I have the same problem I wonder ... did you edit the file or
>> did you use the nvidia setting program for that? My xorg.conf is
>> missing this section completely ...
> Good question - I don't remember. However I don't see those options in 
> the nvidia-settings application anywhere, so probably I found those 
> settings somewhere on the net and edited the file. Just in case you 
> didn't know it already: To edit that file you need root privilege. Use a 
> command like this
I just had to boot into the windows side of my machine and realized,
that even there are no settings for screen saver there (and I have the
same issue on the windows side).

Guess I will try the edit of the xorg.conf thing ... 


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Talk to you later ... Hans (101 to go)