How do I disable screen blanking?

Hans Muecke ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu
Tue May 29 19:03:27 UTC 2012


Am 29.05.2012 13:54, schrieb 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.

I( have looked at the BIOS settings several times, but I have not found
anything that seems to be the rerason.

-- 
Talk to you later ... Hans (101 to go)
 
2012/05/29 18:50
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