How to turn off all screensaver/display power saving methods under Scientific Linux 6.1?

Question

How can I ensure that my screen won't go "black" after given time?

Answer 1

If you want to set this system-wide (and desktop-manager agnostic), you'll want to create an entry in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ for your monitor, and set: Option "DPMS" off. Per-user, you could put an xset dpms off in the system startup.

Answer 2

Have a look at GNOME's power mgmt settings, gnome-power-preferences, you might stumble upon something similar to this

(The GNOME Power management manual is most helpful, also includes the needed gconf keys to maybe automate the process.)

...but increasing the timeout might be enough already?

Also have a look at this FAQ item, *How do I make my application stop the computer auto-suspending? hinting at the use of the DBus interface of gnome-session to inhibit screen blanking...this blog entry is a decent write-up, just comment if you need more info on this :)

Answer 3

I've racked my brain about this for a while. I've found the solution the I keep forgetting, so I'm gonna post it.

In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, add this section

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option    "blank time" "0"
    Option    "standby time" "0"
    Option    "suspend time" "0"
    Option    "off time" "0"
EndSection

All the other suggestions like xset and xterm don't work.