[CentOS] screen saver under centos 5

Mon Apr 30 15:30:40 UTC 2007
Bob Chiodini <bob.chiodini at nasa.gov>

Jerry Geis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using centos 5. I need the screen to always be on.
> I have gone into System -> Preferences -> Screen saver
> and then I unchecked the "Activate screen saver when computer is IDLE" 
> setting.
> I also edited the xorg.conf and commented out the dpms line.
>
> However, my screen is still going into some kind of screen saver.
>
> What else is there to disable?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
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Jerry,

This link might help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-216747.html

Specifically the reply from domino.

Additionally, per the xorg.conf and xset man pages, setting the option 
BlankTime to zero may be required in addition to removing the DPMS line.

Bob...