[xubuntu-users] [Bulk] Re: [14.04 64Bit]-Can't Turn Off Monitor Power Management?

[Jesse Palser]

Sorry, typo - I searched for "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and there is no file :)


On 12/06/2014 05:38 PM, Jesse Palser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I looked for "/etc/X11/xorg.cong" but it's not in my file system?
> Should I just create a new file there and put what you typed into it?
> (disabled everything and my monitor still goes black).
> Thanks!
>
> Jesse
>
>
>
> On 12/06/2014 05:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> Perhaps it's not needed anymore, but at least in the past disabling
>> screen blanking by the power manager didn't work without
>>
>> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> [snip]
>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>      Option "BlankTime" "0"
>>      Option "StandbyTime" "0"
>>      Option "SuspendTime" "0"
>>      Option "OffTime" "0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> on my machine
>>
>> With this xorg.conf settings I could enable and disable screen
>> blanking by the power manager. Without those entries screen blanking
>> always was enabled, even when it was disabled by the power manger.
>>
>