Have you tried leaving the screen alone for about 10 minutes? Screen blanking is the default linux kernel behavior since almost the beginning. I think the time is 10 minutes of inactivity. If you're not seeing the screen go blank, you may have a jittery mouse that is preventing it from activating. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:04 PM, David Fix<davidf at mrxfx.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've done a ton of googling, searching and asking in the forums, etc, and I > haven't found a way to do this... :) > > I'm trying to find a way of having some type of screen saver at the login > screen so that if I leave a machine not logged into, it won't burn-in the > screen. > > Does anyone know of a way to achieve this? In specific, I'd love to have it > simply blank the screen and leave the screen on, just black after maybe 5 > minutes of inactivity at the login screen. :) > > Thanks in advance, it's really appreciated! :) > > Dave