Server :
Apache
System :
Linux server1.cbinetwhm.bi 4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 5 04:00:43 EDT 2026 x86_64
User :
fenacobu (1017)
PHP Version :
8.1.34
Disable Functions :
NONE
Current Directory :
/usr/share/doc/kbd/
Directory Status:
Not Writeable | Document Root:
Writeable
Upload File
Viewing: //usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-19.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9">
<TITLE>The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO: Screensaving</TITLE>
<LINK HREF="kbd.FAQ-20.html" REL=next>
<LINK HREF="kbd.FAQ-18.html" REL=previous>
<LINK HREF="kbd.FAQ.html#toc19" REL=contents>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<A HREF="kbd.FAQ-20.html">Next</A>
<A HREF="kbd.FAQ-18.html">Previous</A>
<A HREF="kbd.FAQ.html#toc19">Contents</A>
<HR>
<H2><A NAME="s19">19. Screensaving</A></H2>
<P>
<!--
screensaving!controlling
-->
<!--
screen blanking
-->
<P><CODE>setterm -blank</CODE> <I>nn</I> will tell the console driver to blank the
screen after <I>nn</I> minutes of inactivity. (With <I>nn</I> = 0, screensaving
is turned off. In some old kernels this first took effect after the next
keyboard interrupt.)
<P>The <CODE>s</CODE> option of xset(1) will set the X screensaving parameters:
<CODE>xset s off</CODE> turns off the screensaver,
<CODE>xset s 10</CODE> blanks the screen after 10 minutes.
<P>The video hardware powersaving modes can be enabled/disabled
using the <CODE>setvesablank</CODE> program given in the starting comment of
<CODE>/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/vesa_blank.c</CODE>.
<P>
<HR>
<A HREF="kbd.FAQ-20.html">Next</A>
<A HREF="kbd.FAQ-18.html">Previous</A>
<A HREF="kbd.FAQ.html#toc19">Contents</A>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Cyb3r Drag0nz Team • Google Edition