changing monitor standby settings

madonion87 · 11-21-2005, 02:22 AM

Hi

I'm using debian 3.1, how do you change how long the comp waits till it blank screen?

thanks

bathory · 11-21-2005, 03:44 AM

I guess you mean how long to wait while in X-windows before the screen turns blank. If that's what you want then run:

Code:

xset s <number>

where <number> is the number of secconds to wait before turns blank. You also can put the above command in your ~/.xinitrc.

madonion87 · 11-23-2005, 03:34 AM

thats exactly what i need
thanks

madonion87 · 11-27-2005, 03:41 AM

i did both xset s off and xset s noblank but it still seem to turn the monitor off, is it possible to turn off power saving all together?

bathory · 11-28-2005, 02:06 AM

You don't have to use the "noblank" option. Use "noexpose" instead.
Also

Code:

xset q

should tell you about your settings

madonion87 · 11-29-2005, 04:36 PM

i tried that and the screen still blanks out after a while =(
i even tried turning ACPI off in bios to see if i can turn off this power saving thing

bathory · 11-30-2005, 01:59 AM

Are you sure you don't run a screensaver that blanks the screen after a while?
Also try to disable DPMS to see if that helps:

Code:

 xset -dpms

madonion87 · 11-30-2005, 03:40 AM

i was able to disable it in kde (i was using xfce and gnome before)
so i guess its problem solved, thanks heaps for your help