On Tuesday 17 Jan 2012 13:14:13 Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 17.01.2012 11:58, schrieb Clive Cooper: > >> where is the best place to put " xset -dpms" i do not want anything > >> telling me when to turn the monitors off when i want them off i will > >> turn them off> > > Not sure if this is any help but to keep the diosplay alive no matter > > what I have been using this for a long time. > > > > Create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg.conf > > and put this in it... > > > > Section "ServerFlags" > > > > Option "BlankTime" "0" > > Option "StandbyTime" "0" > > Option "SuspendTime" "0" > > Option "OffTime" "0" > > > > EndSection > > This is correct. KDE might still enable DPMS again, so you need to make > sure it doesn't touch it. Hi All .. Thanks I'll give it a try see what happens althou i have always found the only surefire way was to use the xset -dpms switch Pete . -- Powered by Kernel: 3.1.9-2-ARCH KDE Development Platform: 4.7.4 (4.7.4) 16:58:57 up 9:08, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.05
