screen blanking

[Marc Schwartz]

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 20:10, Norman LeCouvie wrote:
> hey me too, but since it did not turn off any processes nor my wireless 
> network, I didn't seem to mind, but if you get an answer let me know and 
> thanks
> 
> Simon wrote:
> 
> > Ive installed fedora core 2 onto my gateway solo 2500 laptop. Every 10 
> > minutes, or around 10 minutes the screen blanks, although doesnt 
> > appear to power down. Im running xfce but I cant seem to find any 
> > program which would let me disable this screen blanking. The screen 
> > needs to be able to stay on even when the system is idle. How can I 
> > disable this?


Presuming that this is your screensaver, run:

xscreensaver-demo

in a terminal, which will bring up the dialog so that you can adjust the
screensaver properties or turn it off if you wish.

More than likely, you have it set to simply blank the screen every 10
minutes, without locking and requiring a password login.

I am also running XFCE4 under FC2. Keep in mind that XFCE4 does not have
specific apps for a lot of the system management functions. Since it is
gtk based however, you can use the GNOME apps, either from a terminal,
set up a launcher on the main panel or edit the desktop menu file
(~.xfce4/menu.xml) for them as needed. 

HTH,

Marc Schwartz