[ SOLVED ] Cant stop monitor going to sleep

Hi .... How can i stop the monitor going to sleep after about 5 or 10 minutes of being idle ? I have tried xfce4-power-manager and that has no effect no matter what settings i try ..
Any suggestions please ?
Many thanks
Last edited by whitetimer (2010-10-29 15:45:20)

All i have is Option "DPMS" "False" in my xorg.conf, but i suppose setting the timers to zero would, as a side-effect, turn dpms off as well.
Blank Time is the default timer for the screensaver.
man xorg.conf
Option "StandbyTime" "time":
It is only enabled for screens that have the
"DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section below).
In any case you must restart xorg, and then check with
xset q | grep -i standby
xset q | grep -i dpms
to make sure.
Last edited by manmachine (2010-10-29 19:31:01)

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