How do I disable screen blanking?

[Ryan Gauger]

On 05/29/2012 02:09 PM, Hans Muecke wrote:
> 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 ...
>
>
Oh, okay. Have you tried everything in System Preferences? I do not see 
how BIOS could have anything to do with it, since screen blanking and 
screen saver are both part of the operating system, not the BIOS. It may 
be the driver. I can see how that could affect it.