How do I disable screen blanking?

[Ryan Gauger]

On 05/29/2012 01:37 PM, Hans Muecke wrote:
> Am 29.05.2012 12:37, schrieb Nils Kassube:
>> Hans Muecke wrote:
>>> Am 29.05.2012 11:26, schrieb Nils Kassube:
>>>> In the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" for the proprietary nvidia driver
>>>> I have this section:
>>>>
>>>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>>>
>>>>      Option         "BlankTime" "0"
>>>>      Option         "NoPM" "1"
>>>>      Option         "StandbyTime" "0"
>>>>      Option         "SuspendTime" "0"
>>>>      Option         "OffTime" "0"
>>>>
>>>> EndSection
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea if it might be also relevant for other xservers.
>>> Since I have the same problem I wonder ... did you edit the file or
>>> did you use the nvidia setting program for that? My xorg.conf is
>>> missing this section completely ...
>> Good question - I don't remember. However I don't see those options in
>> the nvidia-settings application anywhere, so probably I found those
>> settings somewhere on the net and edited the file. Just in case you
>> didn't know it already: To edit that file you need root privilege. Use a
>> command like this
> I just had to boot into the windows side of my machine and realized,
> that even there are no settings for screen saver there (and I have the
> same issue on the windows side).
>
> Guess I will try the edit of the xorg.conf thing ...
>
>
Unless there is something I have missed, I am a bit confused here. There 
is a graphical configuration setting somewhere in KDE. There has to be. 
Why not use it, instead of trying to go around it by editing files?