On Tuesday 17 Jan 2012 13:14:13 Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 17.01.2012 11:58, schrieb Clive Cooper:
where is the best place to put " xset -dpms" i do not want anything telling me when to turn the monitors off when i want them off i will turn them off> Not sure if this is any help but to keep the diosplay alive no matter what I have been using this for a long time.
Create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg.conf and put this in it...
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "0" Option "StandbyTime" "0" Option "SuspendTime" "0" Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection
This is correct. KDE might still enable DPMS again, so you need to make sure it doesn't touch it.
Hi All .. Thanks I'll give it a try see what happens althou i have always found the only surefire way was to use the xset -dpms switch Pete . -- Powered by Kernel: 3.1.9-2-ARCH KDE Development Platform: 4.7.4 (4.7.4) 16:58:57 up 9:08, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.05