[arch-general] Screen blanking

Thomas Bächler thomas at archlinux.org
Tue Jan 17 07:14:13 EST 2012


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.

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