Disabling screen saver

Neat!

dunno what everyone's deal is with xfce. I use it on my personal computer as well. Screensaver settings are found in the app menu(xfce logo) > settings > screensaver.

dracozny wrote: dunno what everyone's deal is with xfce..

My problem isn't actually with xfce. I need the xset -dpms with my old 2.6 system running on (I think) Ubuntu 10.04. The screen blanks after a while despite no power management being enabled or screensaver.

As it is a touchscreen this is bad, because there is no way to tell what button I am going to hit when I randomly touch to turn the screen back on.

strange.

andypugh wrote: My problem isn't actually with xfce. I need the xset -dpms with my old 2.6 system running on (I think) Ubuntu 10.04. The screen blanks after a while despite no power management being enabled or screensaver.

As it is a touchscreen this is bad, because there is no way to tell what button I am going to hit when I randomly touch to turn the screen back on.

Had the same problem

command line for turn off the power management system AND the screensaver
but still need to do it every startup.

wrote an executable file pms.sh at home directory and add it to >System>Preference>Startup Application

make the file executable with
I reckon this literally disable the ACPI.

"The deal" is the fact that disabling the screen blank is an issue.

I have set both the power management and the screensaver settings numerous ways and still get a blank screen in 10 minutes.

I've disabled them, I've set them to an hour, to 10 hours and every which way. No difference. Obviously there's yet another place it's being controlled.