topic title: How do I stop the screen going blank after 10 minutes
Posts: 39
drghughes
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
#1
How do I stop the screen from going blank after 10 minutes, i.e. like a screen saver?

In the past I've been able to stop this by altering /etc/X11/xorg.conf to show:

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Section"ServerFlags"
  Option"AllowMouseOpenFail""true"
  Option"BlankTime""0"
  Option"StandbyTime""0"
  Option"SuspendTime""0"
  Option"OffTime""0"
EndSection
however, there is no xorg.conf file in the new antiX.

There is an xorg.conf.in file which had

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Section"ServerFlags"
  Option"DontZap""Off"
  Option"AllowMouseOpenFail""true"
  Option"blank time""0"
  Option"standby time""0"
  Option"suspend time""0"
  Option"off time""0" 
EndSection
so I altered that by adding the capitals and removing the spaces, e.g."blank time" becomes"BlankTime", but that hasn't worked.

Do I need to create an xorg.conf file with just the ServerFlags section in it?

Thanks!
Posts: 299
Cuttlefish
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
#2
drghughes,

I use xscreensaver from synaptic. Then I modify the startup in .fluxbox and .icewm by placing"xscreensaver -nosplash &" below the conky & line. so it will turn on at boot.

Example:

conky &
xscreensaver -nosplash &

Dave
Posts: 39
drghughes
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
#3
Thanks Dave, but I don't think that that's what I want.

I don't want a screensaver and I don't want the screen to ever go blank (that conflicts with an application that I use regularly that doesn't require any input - it just displays constantly updating information). Does the xscreensaver offer that?
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#4
I built a /etc/X11/xorg.conf today using smxi today. I used the graphics option in the smxi menu to build it. It (smxi) builds a /etc/X11/xorg.conf automagically.

Don't know what graphics chip you are using but lot's of choices via smxi.
Posts: 299
Cuttlefish
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
#5
There appears to be a mode that will allows the user to disable the screensaver so that will never blank the screen or power down the monitor. I have never tried it, but I will test it and post back.

Dave
Posts: 299
Cuttlefish
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
#6
Monitor or screen did not go dark after 40 minutes.
Dave
Posts: 39
drghughes
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
#7
rokytnji wrote:I built a /etc/X11/xorg.conf today using smxi today. I used the graphics option in the smxi menu to build it. It (smxi) builds a /etc/X11/xorg.conf automagically.
Is there a reason that antiX doesn't already have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? Is the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.in file used?
Don't know what graphics chip you are using but lot's of choices via smxi.
Very old __{{emoticon}}__ . This is late 1990s Toshiba laptop, so I've always been grateful that it even works!
Posts: 39
drghughes
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
#8
Cuttlefish wrote:Monitor or screen did not go dark after 40 minutes.
Thanks Dave!