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Offline LazyLarry

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[SOLVED] unwanted screen blanking
« on: December 10, 2013, 08:12:49 AM »
 As a follow on from this
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,5647.0.html

I need to stop the screen blanking after a few minutes. Using X version 1.14.2, neither inserting "xset s off" into .xsession or bootlocal have any effect. The original thread is old now, so is there an updated method for preventing the screen from blanking?
« Last Edit: December 10, 2013, 10:06:13 AM by LazyLarry »

Offline Misalf

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Re: unwanted screen blanking
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2013, 09:19:51 AM »
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xset s off -dpms &
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Offline LazyLarry

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Re: unwanted screen blanking
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2013, 10:05:56 AM »
Thats the one. I had tried both options singly, but it needs the s off and -dpms together.

thanks.