On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:10:40 davidson wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, 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 > > xset s noblank > > > > It works for me. > > You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
So it would seem, but none of that works. > https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/16072015192917.eecaf079bf10@desk >top.copernicus.demon.co.uk To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: shutting off screen blanker forever? > From: Brian [address snipped] > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:35:04 +0100 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>
