How do I disable screen blanking?

[nepal]

On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:09:56 -0500
Hans Muecke <ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu> wrote:

> Am 29.05.2012 13:56, schrieb 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?
> >
> 
> I have tried everything I could find within KDE to prevent the
> blanking and get the screen saver to work. Nothing worked ... it is
> either the proprietary nvidia driver or the BIOS. Haven't found
> anything in the BIOS that looks like a reason for it ...
> 
> 
try this;

  http://ptspts.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/screen-blanking-dpms-screen-saver.html