changing monitor standby settings
 

Hi

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

thanks

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

thats exactly what i need
thanks

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?

You don't have to use the "noblank" option. Use "noexpose" instead.
Also should tell you about your settings

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

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:

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