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by **Fest** » Sun, 21 Dec 1997 04:00:00

I want to disable Linux ability to turn on the power savings option,
where Linux turn off your screen saver in X, and just displays a
black screen in X. Anyone know how to do this?

Fester

by **David Harin** » Sun, 21 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> I want to disable Linux ability to turn on the power savings option,
> where Linux turn off your screen saver in X, and just displays a
> black screen in X. Anyone know how to do this?

> Fester

In the "Screen" section of your XF86Config file you set the option
"power_saver"and specify values for "BlankTime", "SuspendTime" and
"OffTime". (check man pages whether your Xserver supports power saving;
see also the XF86Config man page about the various parameters like
BlankTime etc.). Here is a part of my XF86Config for the S3 Xserver:

Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "MiroVideo"
Monitor "Samsung"
BlankTime 5
SuspendTime 10
OffTime 15
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Option "power_saver"
EndSubsection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Option "power_saver"
EndSubsection
EndSection

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Disable screen-saver and low-power standby (monitor black screen)

Disable screen-saver and low-power standby (monitor black screen)

Disable screen-saver and low-power standby (monitor black screen)