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Date:      Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:36:51 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
To:        nimrodm@email.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Screen Blanking 10min
Message-ID:  <20000820213651.N254@parish>
In-Reply-To: <20000820195715.A8936@localhost.bsd.net.il>; from nimrodm@bezeqint.net on Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:57:15PM %2B0300
References:  <20000820094553.A62568@seanrees.com> <20000820195715.A8936@localhost.bsd.net.il>

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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:57:15PM +0300, Nimrod Mesika wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 09:45:53AM -0700, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:
> > Have XFree 3.3.6 going great, however, every 10 minutes of "idle" (like, when
> > I'm watching TV fullscreen) the screen blanks. That is really irritating, 
> > especially when watching TV.
> > 
> > Is there a way to stop the screen blanking? 
> > 
> 
> Well, my /etc/X11/XF86Config file has this line somewhere:
> 
>     Option      "blank time"    "10"    # 10 minutes
> 
> man XF86Config to get some info about this.  Of course you can also
> use 'xset' to change that value at runtime.  Just run 'xset' to get
> a list of its parameters.
> 

``xset s off'' is what you need. Put it in your ~/.xinitrc or your
window manager's .rc file.

> 
> -- 
> Nimrod.
> http://www.geocities.com/rodd_27
> 
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