On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 11:01 -0400, Dimi Paun wrote: > Folks, > > I must admit I am frustrated again: since the last update yesterday, > a _very_ basic behavior changed with no apparent way of changing back. > > Namely, now my screen blanks (with the monitor displaying "No signal") > after 2min of inactivity (sometimes it seems faster). This is truly > frustrating: it blanks while I read a longer email, when I read > something on the web, etc. > > Sure enough, looking for a way to switch it off proved futile too: > * I couldn't find any setting for a Screensaver despite > going through System | Preferences for at least 5min, on > 3-4 different attempts. > * Power Management says "Never" for both "Computer" and "Display" > to be put to sleep. > > What gives? > > P.S. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498505 It's just a bug. Your second bullet point is the giveaway: that's the bug. When it's set to go to sleep "never", the display goes to sleep after one minute. Change it to two hours and you'll be less frustrated. The report is: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498041 -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list