[clug] Power management/DPMS via CLI

[Adam Thomas]

2009/9/14 Adam Baxter <clug at voltagex.org>:
> I've currently got my Fit PC hooked up to an LCD TV, and it seems to be
> putting  the display to sleep after a while. I can VNC in and the display
> will turn back on but this is odd because I've got power management turned
> off in Gnome.
>
> I've tried using xset and vbetool to no avail. Is there a command I can use
> to either wake the display up or turn the setting off permanently?

What xset commands have you used? I setup a machine at work to run
with the screen always on and had to disable a few things using xset.
Try putting the following in your .xsession file.

xset s off
xset s noblank
xset s noexpose
xset -dpms

This will turn the X servers internal screensaver, blanking and
exposure features off and force dpms off. This should be enough if you
have gnome-power management and xscreensaver turned off (or not
installed).

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