> Morning folk > > > Back to this one again i need to find a working position for "xset -dpms" i > am getting sick and tired of every time i reboot i get the darn screens > turning off i hate that with vengance if i wqnt them off i turn them off simples > > So where can i put the xset command for it to work correctly every time /etc/rc.local is *NOT* started in the X session so it can not set X parameters cron also doesn't start the jobs in the X session ~/.xinitrc is only started when running startx ~/.xsession is unfortunately not run by most login managers What you need is ~/.xprofile which is *sourced* by most login managers before running your *DE session. That's also a place to export some variables that are inherited in all your *DE applications. -- дамјан