[SOLVED] Monitor blanking after 10 minutes

Question

I've got to the end of PART II of the excellent Beginners Guide but before I embark on the next part, I need to solve the issue of my monitor blanking after 10 minutes of inactivity. Please note that, at this stage, I do not have "X" installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Last edited by tenlegger (2010-08-01 06:36:58)

Answer 1

karol wrote:
tenlegger wrote:I've got to the end of PART II of the excellent Beginners Guide but before I embark on the next part, I need to solve the issue of my monitor blanking after 10 minutes of inactivity. Please note that, at this stage, I do not have "X" installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
That's the default behavior. If you don't like it (and want to install X), add
xset s off -dpms &
to your .xinitrc.
'man setterm' will guide you if you need it for the terminal. Check the '-blank' switch.
I've always used
setterm -blank 0
in my .bashrc.
*Don't* try to use and of the acpi=off stuff until you're sure that my advice didn't work.
As I don't yet have "X" installed, I've tried your .bashrc tweak and it's had the desired effect.
When I get around to installing "X", will I need your .xinitrc tweak in addition to the .bashrc tweak.
Many thanks to you and everybody else for your suggestions and help
Regards .....