[SOLVED] Gnome 3: Turning off screen blankening

I have been trying to find a workaround for screen blankening in gnome 3 for awhile but haven't had much luck. What I am speaking of is simply the lack of an option to choose "never" under "gnome-control-center screen", currently options vary between 1 minute and 60 minutes; I wish to remove it completely.
What I have tried is to inactivate it by disabling idle-activation in dconf-editor, both by gui and command:
gsettings set org.gnome.dektop.screensaver idle-activation-enabled false
This however does nothing, other than disable the actual screensaver, controlled by the value set by:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay value
the "idle-delay" value in itself seem to be controlled by the value set in "gnome-control-center screen" but not the other way around. Meaning the screen will always be turned off when the time specified in "gnome-control-center screen" has elapsed.
The reason for me wanting to disable the screen blankening completely, is because whenever I listen to music, which is often, I have my laptop connected to the TV through HDMI, whenever the given time has passed the TV is turned off and I need to deactivate the blankening manually, which is annoying.
Does anyone have a solution to this issue?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Calibanio (2011-06-19 12:31:55)

valentinmauro wrote:You may try install http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49368 (gnome-shell-extension-presentation-mode-git), activate it from gnome-tweak-tool. This will give you a "Presentation Mode" switch on the battery icon, who once activated, will turn off the blankening, and screen lock functions. I hope it will help you. (Sorry for my english, i'm a spanish-speaker)
Thanks a lot man! This solved the issue and did so very good as well, since I can keep all blankening settings to those i prefer and simply use it when I wish to.
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