CrunchBang Linux

machinebacon

#! unstable

From: China

Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6,826

Website

HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

Just in case somebody wants to turn of blanking of the screen (beyond disabling the screensaver) here is a failsafe method:

- edit your autostart and add

xset -dpms &
xset s noblank &
xset s off &

- if you have an xorg.conf file, edit it as root and add in the section "ServerLayout":

Option          "BlankTime"     "0"
Option          "StandbyTime"   "0"
Option          "SuspendTime"   "0"
Option          "OffTime"       "0"

and in the section "Monitor":

Option          "DPMS"

where you can alternatively just add:

Option          "NODPMS"

without the aforementioned ServerLayout options

Last edited by machinebacon (2011-07-06 08:27:42)

Bane

#! CrunchBanger

From: Carlisle, UK

Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 135

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

@machinebacon

Thanks for that.

I usually use XBMC for viewing vids (from a flash drive (no HD yet)), but sometimes, while I'm working on PC I want to watch summat via VLC. However, the screen goes blank after a short while (obviously the power management is a bit unreliable - I don't use a screensaver). I even told VLC (i think in vlc.conf) not to blank - to no avail.

I added your 3 lines to autostart.sh & it worked a treat.

Again, thank you very much

---

Hail #!

bozhkov

#! Junkie

Registered: 2009-12-29

Posts: 464

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

machinebacon

#! unstable

From: China

Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6,826

Website

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

Bane

#! CrunchBanger

From: Carlisle, UK

Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 135

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

After working perfectly for a while now my screen becomes a giant X!!!

---

Hail #!

machinebacon

#! unstable

From: China

Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6,826

Website

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

bozhkov

#! Junkie

Registered: 2009-12-29

Posts: 464

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

ostralopithicus

New Member

Registered: 2011-11-01

Posts: 2

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

I've successfully installed Caffeine and it works!  It required some bits though that I couldn't get through squeeze, so I took a bit of risk and briefly added ubuntu lucid repository with the lucid repo for caffeine and then added caffeine. I then removed the ubu repos and 'upgraded' the components that had been downgraded to get caffeine to install, minus one or two new prerequisites.  Crossed my fingers and launched it and it works.

For those that don't know, caffeine automatically turns off the screensaver and powersaving when flash player or anything you put into the list activates. It then turns them back on automatically when they are finished.  Works very well with flashplayer - disables screensaver for the duration of the vid and no more.

Last edited by ostralopithicus (2012-01-16 16:35:19)

pjbrunet

#! CrunchBanger

From: Austin, Texas

Registered: 2011-07-30

Posts: 115

Website

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

"After working perfectly for a while now my screen becomes a giant X!!! "

I'm having the same problem.  I'm playing wackamole here, I disable one screensaver and another one takes over, very frustrating. 

I added the three commands to autostart and rebooted but I don't have xorg.conf.  Should I create xorg.conf just for these commands?  That's what I'm going to try next.

xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @s

Registered: 2011-06-24

Posts: 4,602

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

Did you install the latest version of the kernel - 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-arch - perhaps?

pjbrunet

#! CrunchBanger

From: Austin, Texas

Registered: 2011-07-30

Posts: 115

Website

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

@xaos, I know very little about kernels.  uname -r says 2.6.32-5-686.  I'm not even sure if it's my fault I'm having this problem because last month I installed several power-saving packages, mostly intending to reduce heat off my desktop, but along with those packages I'm thinking my screen saver could have been affected.  So the big "X" (that periodically moves around the screen and changes sizes) came after I removed all of the "screen saver" packages on my system I could find using Synaptic.  Well, I didn't want to waste a ton of time configuring xorg.conf, especially since everyone is saying xorg.conf is obsolete now.  So my solution was just to re-install XScreenSaver--the maximum amount of time is 720 minutes, which is enough time to watch a movie so problem solved, I guess.  The devil you know vs. the devil you don't.  But if I disable XScreenSaver, the mysterious "backup" screensaver kicks in.  LOL.

mzsade

#! Junkie

Registered: 2009-09-27

Posts: 276

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking

xset -dpms &
xset s noblank &
xset s off &

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 5,434

Re: HowTo: Fully disable screensaver/screen blanking