How do I disable screen blanking?

[Hans Muecke]

Am 29.05.2012 13:56, schrieb Ryan Gauger:
> On 05/29/2012 01:37 PM, 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 ...
>>
>>
> Unless there is something I have missed, I am a bit confused here.
> There is a graphical configuration setting somewhere in KDE. There has
> to be. Why not use it, instead of trying to go around it by editing
> files?
>

I have tried everything I could find within KDE to prevent the blanking
and get the screen saver to work. Nothing worked ... it is either the
proprietary nvidia driver or the BIOS. Haven't found anything in the
BIOS that looks like a reason for it ...


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