thanks for the thought, but commenting out "option "dpms" doesn't seem to work. I also tried "option "dpms" "false"", which didn't work either. do you know how to hide the X cursor? i know 'xsetroot' can do some things with cursors, but I don't know if that would help. --- Mike H Wilson <mikehwilson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not completely sure but I think you can do this: > > There should be a section in your XF86Config file > that looks something > like this: > > Section "Monitor" > # This monitor is the same monitor used for both > "heads". > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Dell 1702FP (Analog)" > DisplaySize 340 270 > HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Just comment out the line that says: > > Option "dpms" > > > > > Is it possible to disable this behavior? > > -- > Mike Wilson<mikehwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86