Keeping my screen active
 

WHen you are in the consoe, and dont use it for a while, the screen goes blank, but is still on, so if you move the mouse, it flips back to life immediately.

In X, it wont do that. I think the card itself stops transmitting, so when I move the mouse, it take time for the screent o come back up.

Is there a setting I can change to make X go blank, but still come immediately back to life as it does in the console?

Disable the advanced powermanagement which blanks out the screen. And just use a screensaver which makes the screen black.

Sounds easy enough, but where is that located?

there are some solutions and they are all related to
your XF86Config-4
You could try
Option "DPMS" "off"
in section Device
or use option "StandbyTime" "time"
time in minutes
man XF86Config
man xset for detailed info

DPMS option seems to work
(on my mdk 7.1 box there was an option "power_saver"
could n't find it on my 8.2 reading XF86Config manual)

good luck

Response to your question to Mik:

(If in KDE)

K---Configuration---KDE-----Power Control---Energy

And uncheck the uppermost option.

Then, go to the K--Conf---KDE--Look and Feel--Screensaver

To pick a screen saver.

Hope that helps

OK, I tried both of these ideas and the damn thing still goes to power save mode.

Any other ideas, or even better.. is there package that I could uninstall that controls that?

setterm -blank 0

it seems to depends alot on what window
manager you use, kde and gnome have their
own power/screen options.
In my Xfce it works with the option dpms "off" in
XF86Config-4. Just as in console i only have
to move my mouse to get my screen back. Monitor is
always on just goes to black after time.
I don't use kde alot but when screensaver is active and powerdown options are off, the screensaver at least keeps
alive.

Stephanie, I'd love a W2K distro of Linux from you. :D

Ok, I misunderstood your Q. You could set it up in BIOS during boot-up. Hit whatever key the screen says. Usually, DEL or F2. Go to Power Man.

DPMS? I think I have seen that in my BIOS.

I will change that to off and all my power management to off.