Re: "sleep" mode

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Tue, 22 May 2001 16:04:42 -0300 "Marco Shaw" <marco nbnet nb ca> spake
unto us:

> I'm not quite sure what it's called, but after a few minutes of
> inactivity,
> my computer display will go black.  This will happen regardless of being
> in
> X or not.  I have to move my mouse or keyboard for the display to come
> back
> up.  Almost like a screensaver.
> 
> I know that setting up a screensaver will stop this, but what causes
> this to
> happen in the first place?  I'd like to shut it off.

Add this to you ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (the former if you manually
start the desktop, the latter if you auto login to it):

	xset s off

For those who want the same at a console (not term window) this is
supposed to work:

	setterm -blank 0

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