In RHEL, we do not explicitly have a Menu for Power Management. Hence I had to disable via Steve's method...thanks Steve..great work. In case I have issues, I'll post back.
-deppfx On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:26 PM, steve <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/17/2009 07:44 PM, depp fx wrote: > >> The monitor turns off automatically after 'x' minutes though I disabled >> the >> screensaver. Can somebody let me know how could I disable it? I would want >> to leave the monitor on as I'm using it as a monitoring tool for my team. >> > Disabling screen saver does just that -- disables the screen saver from > showing up. To avoid the monitor from blanking you have to tweak the power > management functions of your system. > > Depending on the desktop environment you use, you can change it using the > appropriate tool. For GNOME it is called 'gnome-power-preferences' > > A quick google tells me controlling this is possible also possible using > xset (the dpms option): > http://linuxreviews.org/howtos/power/xorg_dpms/index.html.en > > hth, > cheers, > - steve > > -- > random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ > tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ > what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
