Author: Greg Whittier
Email Address: gswhitti@langmuir.uchicago.edu
Web Page (if applicable):
One-line summary of topic\question: Disabling screen blanking
Original date of FAQ topic:  07/10/97
Date FAQ topic was last modified: 07/10/97

Fully qualified question (if applicable):
	How does one disable the screen blanking?

Related Issues (if applicable):
	How does one disable the screen saver in X?

Related Links: 
	http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html

Answer:

	Use the command 'setterm -blank 0' to disable console screen
blanking.  Put this command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to ensure blanking is
still disabled when you reboot. 

For setting screensaving parameters in X use the xset command. 'xset s
off' will disable the screensaver in X.  This is covered in the
Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO which you can find in /usr/doc/HOWTO/ if you
have the howtos installed or at the above URL.

