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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: LazyLarry on December 10, 2013, 08:12:49 AM

Title: [SOLVED] unwanted screen blanking
Post by: LazyLarry on December 10, 2013, 08:12:49 AM

 As a follow on from this
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,5647.0.html (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?

Title: Re: unwanted screen blanking
Post by: Misalf on December 10, 2013, 09:19:51 AM

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xset s off -dpms &

Title: Re: unwanted screen blanking
Post by: LazyLarry 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.