On Sat, May 20, 2000, David A. Gatwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You can always turn off the gnome screensaver and just use xset to turn on >screen blanking, though. :-)
The problem with the screensaver is that it will use the CPU, and so it prevents it from going to the DOZE mode (power saving mode). This is done in the kernel idle task. That's why, for example, just browsing text will eat less battery on a powerbook than doing big compiles or calculations.
