How to disable screen and all types of power-savers

sharris · 2010-06-12 04:56:25

Hello Arch-Linux

I have been using Arch-Linux for about 6 months trying to get use to Linux command-line in general. I even took an 16-week on-line class LINUX+ and just completed it this pass May. I am so glad I don't have to use Fedora anymore. It's nice but I don't think that is the way to learn. I got use to the command-line mode on the side-line by using Arch-Linux from time to time.

Anyway, I have one thing that been bugging me for months and that is how do you turn off the screen-saver or power-saver. I don't know which it is, but when I'm dd'ing partitions or other things I need to wait for completion, the screen turn black. I try to time everything I do and I be watching the screen like it's the Super Bowl and bam, the screen go dead than I got to hit to keyboard to make the text on screen reappear. How do I totally disable screen-saver and/or all power-savers.

Thanks in advance

PS: My install is from archlinux-2009.08-core-x86_64.iso

Last edited by sharris (2010-06-12 05:10:25)

anonymous_user · 2010-06-12 05:12:16

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dis … _Signaling (look at the very bottom)

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sharris · 2010-06-12 05:20:35

After all this time pass, I came up with DPMS while googling today but could not find any details that made since to me. I had no clue it was more about the kernel. This should do it.

Thanks anonymous_user

sharris · 2010-06-12 05:47:14

anonymous_user, there must be another way or something because I don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to edit and I also tried the command-line options xset -dpms and xset s off but I get -bash ####: command not found.

I am not using a desktop version of Arch and I did not install any program on the raw version. Is there something else that I need to do to turn this thing off?

fsckd · 2010-06-12 06:02:17

How about this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-dis … blank.html ?

edit: gah!

Last edited by fsckd (2010-06-12 06:03:33)

sharris · 2010-06-12 07:45:13

This one works:

setterm -powersave off -blank 0

If I want to make it permanent, I got a lot more to learn about Arch-Linux. Can't wait to compile kernel. For now, a 4 month search is over. Some times you can never come up with the right key-word or google be tripping sometimes.

This is a very nice, well organize site.

Thanks guys

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#1 2010-06-12 04:56:25

How to disable screen and all types of power-savers

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