Prevent Screen Blanking

-=Brian Truter=- brian at famvid.com
Thu Feb 26 15:16:21 UTC 2004


Once upon a time, -=Brian Truter=- <brian at famvid.com> said:
> Is there a way to prevent the screen from blanking after so many minutes
of
> inactivity, or control how long before it blanks?

>To turn off screen blanking:

>/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 -store

>Change 0 to the number of minutes you want it to wait before blanking
>for a different blank time.


Thank you very much. Is this setting permanant, or something I need to do
after ever reboot? Also, will this prevent the same from happening in X, or
is there a different method?





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