How do I disable screen blanking?

[Mike McGinn]

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 14:37:05 Hans Muecke wrote:
> 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 ...

When you reboot again check the BIOS settings.
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