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

[James Richard Tyrer]

Robin Pedersen wrote:
> 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?
> 

That would be 'current instance of console'.  The console is software 
and the terminals are hardware (although in this case they are virtual 
hardware).

IIUC after reading the fine man page.  This command should set the 
option for the console running on all virtual terminals -- it is only 
for virtual terminals and would have no effect on real hardware terminals.

-- 
JRT