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I just installed Slackware 10.1 on my laptop and I have this weird problem, after my screen saver comes on and runs for about 10-15 minutes, the screen goes blank and it won't respond. The only way to get the system back is to kill the X-Windows. I have tried doing:
xset s noblank
xset s 600 600
and so on but the problem still persists. My DPMS is disabled as well.
I have also tried setting these options in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
I am perfectly fine with my screen saver always being on, since the laptop has hardly any battery life.
What do I need to do to make it stop blanking my screen?
P.S. I have not had this problem with Slackware 10.0
How about seting the option in xorg.conf for "basic blanking screen saver" to 0? Looks like it defaults to 10. Maybe there's a conflict/bug. I don't actually know if that line with the #sign in front of it is ignored or just needs to be un#ed to change that from a 10 to something else.
I assume you've tried different screen savers to see if they all stop responding after 10 or 15 minutes or just one particular one.
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