On Saturday 20 June 2020 15:13:45 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 20 June 2020 12:02:51 Brian wrote: > > On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker > > > kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how > > > do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building > > > a device to rock the mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals > > > seems like a huge waste of time and metal cutting tools to make > > > it. > > > > > > So, how can I kill the blanker for several hours or all day/night > > > if need be? > > > > In my .xsession I have > > > > xset -dpms > > xset s off <-I didn't have this, set from the command line, thanks > > xset s noblank > > > > It works for me. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Nice try but even with all that turned off, it still blanks the monitor on schedule. Next step?? Thanks all. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
