Re: Screen saver on gdmlogin screen

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Saravanan <psaravanan 7hillsys com> writes:
>   I am a problem. I have an application that runs before the gdm login
> dialog comes up. The gdm login dialog is never shown in this application
> that I have written. I did this by adding an link to my application
> executable in gdm/Init/Default script. and since my application can never 
> be closed, the gdm login screen is never shown. But here is the problem.
> Every once in a while, the screen goes blank and I am not able to see
> anything. THis I think is because of the screen saver. If I move the
> mouse of hit a KBD button I am able to see what is on the screen. But
> unfortunately on the final application, there will be no mouse input or
> keyboards attached. Can you pls tell me a way to disable this screen
> saver. I tried setting these options in the bios but did not help.
> 

I think you want to use "xset" or edit your XF86Config. See "man xset"
and "man XF86Config" and look at stuff related to "blank" or "screen
blanking" or "DPMS" or "screensaver"

Havoc