On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 11:41:23PM -0400, pausmith_at_nortelnetworks.com wrote:
> %% Dave Lawrence <dgl_at_IntegriNautics.COM> writes:
>
> dl> I've noticed that when I run X with fvwm, my screen goes blank
> dl> after a period of inactivity. Since I'm using fvwm with a touch
> dl> screen and I don't want to accidentally touch a button when I'm
> dl> waking up the video, I'd like to disable the screen saver. I'm
> dl> not sure if it's fvwm that is causing this blanking to happen or
> dl> not. If anybody knows how to disable the screen blanking, please
> dl> let me know.
>
> It's not. Window managers manage windows; screensavers blank the
> screen.
>
> From the sound of it, you've just got the default X server screen
> blanking enabled.
>
> See the xset command for how to disable this (man xset).
xset s off
Bye
Dominik ^_^
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Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 04:43:48 BST