[kde-linux] Why is it so difficult to disable a screensaver?

Robin Pedersen robinpeder at gmail.com
Thu Feb 5 21:30:07 UTC 2009


On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:15 PM, James Loughner <jwrl at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> I have seen this too (kernel screen blanker) and would love to know
> where to turn this off globally. using setterm only turns it off  in the
> current instance of term.

Are you sure about this? I did this:
1. Logged in on tty1, and run setterm
2. Logged out
3. Changed to tty2, and logged in
4. Left the computer alone, without getting a blank screen

I'm not sure what you mean by "current instance of term". How did you
get a blank screen after calling setterm?

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Robin Pedersen



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