Ubuntu 12.10 “Turn screen off when inactive for: Never” still turns off












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After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set to Never.



I've been through the dconf editor searching for power, screen, and idle changing parameters. This doesn't seem to have any effect on the display timeout.



Here's one more interesting thing, the screen doesn't go off, it just goes black. The back lighting is still on, and all the pixels are black.



When it goes black, it does a very pleasant quick dim to black.

Similarly, it quickly un-dim's after a key press, mouse movement, or mouse click.










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    After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set to Never.



    I've been through the dconf editor searching for power, screen, and idle changing parameters. This doesn't seem to have any effect on the display timeout.



    Here's one more interesting thing, the screen doesn't go off, it just goes black. The back lighting is still on, and all the pixels are black.



    When it goes black, it does a very pleasant quick dim to black.

    Similarly, it quickly un-dim's after a key press, mouse movement, or mouse click.










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      After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set to Never.



      I've been through the dconf editor searching for power, screen, and idle changing parameters. This doesn't seem to have any effect on the display timeout.



      Here's one more interesting thing, the screen doesn't go off, it just goes black. The back lighting is still on, and all the pixels are black.



      When it goes black, it does a very pleasant quick dim to black.

      Similarly, it quickly un-dim's after a key press, mouse movement, or mouse click.










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      After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set to Never.



      I've been through the dconf editor searching for power, screen, and idle changing parameters. This doesn't seem to have any effect on the display timeout.



      Here's one more interesting thing, the screen doesn't go off, it just goes black. The back lighting is still on, and all the pixels are black.



      When it goes black, it does a very pleasant quick dim to black.

      Similarly, it quickly un-dim's after a key press, mouse movement, or mouse click.







      12.10 display screen power-management






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      edited Dec 10 '13 at 22:07









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          There are multiple different layers, that influence the behavior of the monitor. To completely disable any suspension of the monitor you need to disable it in every of those layers:



          1. layer: virtual consoles



          Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked:



          setterm -blank 0


          Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes:



          setterm -powerdown 0 


          2. layer: X



          Turn the screen saver function off. The s option lets you set the screen saver parameters.



          xset s off


          Disable DPMS if enabled:



          xset -dpms


          To find out which values are set type xset -q in a terminal. A part of the output should look like this:



          Screen Saver:
          prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
          timeout: 0 cycle: 0


          and this:



          DPMS (Energy Star):
          Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
          DPMS is Disabled


          3. layer: Last but not least; the application layer (XScreenSaver)



          xscreensaver-demo


          Choose Disable Screen Saver:



          xscreensaver



          And deactivate screensaver in System Settings -> Brightness & Lock (depends on your desktop environment):



          Turn screen of when inactive for: Never



          Brightness & Lock






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            for me, the devil was dpms.

            – sazary
            Feb 19 '14 at 6:33






          • 1





            Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

            – Abhishek Jebaraj
            Mar 7 '17 at 19:18



















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          I just ran sudo xset s off from a terminal and it may be fixed.






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          • 2





            @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

            – stephenmyall
            Nov 14 '12 at 14:39











          • I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

            – morgoth
            Nov 25 '12 at 15:55











          • This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

            – Zoltán
            Jan 12 '13 at 20:57






          • 1





            ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

            – Cory Gross
            Apr 16 '13 at 1:32













          • This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

            – matteo
            Oct 25 '13 at 14:56



















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          There is a checkbox in "System Settings" -> "Brightness And Lock" screen whose label is "Dim screen to save power". You must uncheck it.






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          • 1





            There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

            – Chris
            Nov 24 '12 at 21:19






          • 2





            It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

            – morgoth
            Nov 25 '12 at 11:45











          • You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

            – Zoltán
            Jan 12 '13 at 21:43











          • That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

            – Peter Mortensen
            Nov 22 '14 at 18:40





















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          The answer provided by chaos is very informative. However, even after following those instructions, I still had this problem intermittently. There is some sort of background process or settings manager that keeps resetting the screensaver, no matter what I do.



          I've found a brute-force solution. Just add a line to your crontab to turn off DPMS and the screensaver every single minute. Ugly, but effective.



          Type this at the terminal



          crontab -e


          And then add the following lines at the bottom of the file



          * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset -dpms
          * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset s off


          You can also comment these lines out by prepending a '#' when you want to re-enable the screensaver.






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            In Ubuntu 12.10, If you have KDE as the windowing manager:



            Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool:




            1. Click System Settings.

            2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power Management"

            3. Choose "Energy saving settings"


            there are two checkboxes: Dim Display and Screen Energy Saving. Make sure those are unchecked.



            In Ubuntu 12.10, If you are using the default unity windowing manager:




            1. Click System Settings.

            2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power"

            3. Click the link: "Brightness settings"

            4. There is a dropdown called: "Turn screen off when inactive for"


            Set the dropdown to 'Never'.






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            • What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

              – Peter Mortensen
              Mar 15 '17 at 17:01





















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            You can use gsettings for enabling and disabling monitor from going to sleep:




            • Disable turning off screen


              gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0




            • Enable turning off screen with 5 min delay


              gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300





            source : https://askubuntu.com/a/788456/88543






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              xset -dpms


              It solved this issue in Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
              Reference






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                There are multiple different layers, that influence the behavior of the monitor. To completely disable any suspension of the monitor you need to disable it in every of those layers:



                1. layer: virtual consoles



                Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked:



                setterm -blank 0


                Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes:



                setterm -powerdown 0 


                2. layer: X



                Turn the screen saver function off. The s option lets you set the screen saver parameters.



                xset s off


                Disable DPMS if enabled:



                xset -dpms


                To find out which values are set type xset -q in a terminal. A part of the output should look like this:



                Screen Saver:
                prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
                timeout: 0 cycle: 0


                and this:



                DPMS (Energy Star):
                Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
                DPMS is Disabled


                3. layer: Last but not least; the application layer (XScreenSaver)



                xscreensaver-demo


                Choose Disable Screen Saver:



                xscreensaver



                And deactivate screensaver in System Settings -> Brightness & Lock (depends on your desktop environment):



                Turn screen of when inactive for: Never



                Brightness & Lock






                share|improve this answer



















                • 9





                  for me, the devil was dpms.

                  – sazary
                  Feb 19 '14 at 6:33






                • 1





                  Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

                  – Abhishek Jebaraj
                  Mar 7 '17 at 19:18
















                29














                There are multiple different layers, that influence the behavior of the monitor. To completely disable any suspension of the monitor you need to disable it in every of those layers:



                1. layer: virtual consoles



                Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked:



                setterm -blank 0


                Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes:



                setterm -powerdown 0 


                2. layer: X



                Turn the screen saver function off. The s option lets you set the screen saver parameters.



                xset s off


                Disable DPMS if enabled:



                xset -dpms


                To find out which values are set type xset -q in a terminal. A part of the output should look like this:



                Screen Saver:
                prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
                timeout: 0 cycle: 0


                and this:



                DPMS (Energy Star):
                Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
                DPMS is Disabled


                3. layer: Last but not least; the application layer (XScreenSaver)



                xscreensaver-demo


                Choose Disable Screen Saver:



                xscreensaver



                And deactivate screensaver in System Settings -> Brightness & Lock (depends on your desktop environment):



                Turn screen of when inactive for: Never



                Brightness & Lock






                share|improve this answer



















                • 9





                  for me, the devil was dpms.

                  – sazary
                  Feb 19 '14 at 6:33






                • 1





                  Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

                  – Abhishek Jebaraj
                  Mar 7 '17 at 19:18














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                There are multiple different layers, that influence the behavior of the monitor. To completely disable any suspension of the monitor you need to disable it in every of those layers:



                1. layer: virtual consoles



                Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked:



                setterm -blank 0


                Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes:



                setterm -powerdown 0 


                2. layer: X



                Turn the screen saver function off. The s option lets you set the screen saver parameters.



                xset s off


                Disable DPMS if enabled:



                xset -dpms


                To find out which values are set type xset -q in a terminal. A part of the output should look like this:



                Screen Saver:
                prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
                timeout: 0 cycle: 0


                and this:



                DPMS (Energy Star):
                Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
                DPMS is Disabled


                3. layer: Last but not least; the application layer (XScreenSaver)



                xscreensaver-demo


                Choose Disable Screen Saver:



                xscreensaver



                And deactivate screensaver in System Settings -> Brightness & Lock (depends on your desktop environment):



                Turn screen of when inactive for: Never



                Brightness & Lock






                share|improve this answer













                There are multiple different layers, that influence the behavior of the monitor. To completely disable any suspension of the monitor you need to disable it in every of those layers:



                1. layer: virtual consoles



                Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked:



                setterm -blank 0


                Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes:



                setterm -powerdown 0 


                2. layer: X



                Turn the screen saver function off. The s option lets you set the screen saver parameters.



                xset s off


                Disable DPMS if enabled:



                xset -dpms


                To find out which values are set type xset -q in a terminal. A part of the output should look like this:



                Screen Saver:
                prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
                timeout: 0 cycle: 0


                and this:



                DPMS (Energy Star):
                Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
                DPMS is Disabled


                3. layer: Last but not least; the application layer (XScreenSaver)



                xscreensaver-demo


                Choose Disable Screen Saver:



                xscreensaver



                And deactivate screensaver in System Settings -> Brightness & Lock (depends on your desktop environment):



                Turn screen of when inactive for: Never



                Brightness & Lock







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                answered Oct 22 '13 at 9:52









                chaoschaos

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                • 9





                  for me, the devil was dpms.

                  – sazary
                  Feb 19 '14 at 6:33






                • 1





                  Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

                  – Abhishek Jebaraj
                  Mar 7 '17 at 19:18














                • 9





                  for me, the devil was dpms.

                  – sazary
                  Feb 19 '14 at 6:33






                • 1





                  Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

                  – Abhishek Jebaraj
                  Mar 7 '17 at 19:18








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                9





                for me, the devil was dpms.

                – sazary
                Feb 19 '14 at 6:33





                for me, the devil was dpms.

                – sazary
                Feb 19 '14 at 6:33




                1




                1





                Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

                – Abhishek Jebaraj
                Mar 7 '17 at 19:18





                Its 2017 yet this answer made my day!.. Thanks a lot..

                – Abhishek Jebaraj
                Mar 7 '17 at 19:18













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                I just ran sudo xset s off from a terminal and it may be fixed.






                share|improve this answer





















                • 2





                  @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

                  – stephenmyall
                  Nov 14 '12 at 14:39











                • I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 15:55











                • This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 20:57






                • 1





                  ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

                  – Cory Gross
                  Apr 16 '13 at 1:32













                • This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

                  – matteo
                  Oct 25 '13 at 14:56
















                6














                I just ran sudo xset s off from a terminal and it may be fixed.






                share|improve this answer





















                • 2





                  @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

                  – stephenmyall
                  Nov 14 '12 at 14:39











                • I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 15:55











                • This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 20:57






                • 1





                  ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

                  – Cory Gross
                  Apr 16 '13 at 1:32













                • This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

                  – matteo
                  Oct 25 '13 at 14:56














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                I just ran sudo xset s off from a terminal and it may be fixed.






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                I just ran sudo xset s off from a terminal and it may be fixed.







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                answered Nov 14 '12 at 12:39









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                • 2





                  @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

                  – stephenmyall
                  Nov 14 '12 at 14:39











                • I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 15:55











                • This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 20:57






                • 1





                  ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

                  – Cory Gross
                  Apr 16 '13 at 1:32













                • This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

                  – matteo
                  Oct 25 '13 at 14:56














                • 2





                  @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

                  – stephenmyall
                  Nov 14 '12 at 14:39











                • I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 15:55











                • This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 20:57






                • 1





                  ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

                  – Cory Gross
                  Apr 16 '13 at 1:32













                • This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

                  – matteo
                  Oct 25 '13 at 14:56








                2




                2





                @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

                – stephenmyall
                Nov 14 '12 at 14:39





                @Dusty, dont keep us in suspense. Maybe fixed or is fixed?

                – stephenmyall
                Nov 14 '12 at 14:39













                I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

                – morgoth
                Nov 25 '12 at 15:55





                I fixed this by xset s 0 0 - not sure if this is equivalent.

                – morgoth
                Nov 25 '12 at 15:55













                This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

                – Zoltán
                Jan 12 '13 at 20:57





                This suggestion did work for me, but I also had to uncheck the 'Dim screen to save power' checkbox in the 'Brightness and lock' settings.

                – Zoltán
                Jan 12 '13 at 20:57




                1




                1





                ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

                – Cory Gross
                Apr 16 '13 at 1:32







                ... err which suggestion worked for you Zoltan? xset s off or xset s 0 0... This is a really confusing question/answer page.

                – Cory Gross
                Apr 16 '13 at 1:32















                This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

                – matteo
                Oct 25 '13 at 14:56





                This one answer (i.e. "sudo xset s off") worked for me. I had also previously uninstalled gnome-screensaver, which didn't change a thing. (so I'm not sure whether one needs to do both things but I don't think so).

                – matteo
                Oct 25 '13 at 14:56











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                There is a checkbox in "System Settings" -> "Brightness And Lock" screen whose label is "Dim screen to save power". You must uncheck it.






                share|improve this answer





















                • 1





                  There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

                  – Chris
                  Nov 24 '12 at 21:19






                • 2





                  It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 11:45











                • You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 21:43











                • That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

                  – Peter Mortensen
                  Nov 22 '14 at 18:40


















                3














                There is a checkbox in "System Settings" -> "Brightness And Lock" screen whose label is "Dim screen to save power". You must uncheck it.






                share|improve this answer





















                • 1





                  There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

                  – Chris
                  Nov 24 '12 at 21:19






                • 2





                  It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 11:45











                • You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 21:43











                • That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

                  – Peter Mortensen
                  Nov 22 '14 at 18:40
















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                There is a checkbox in "System Settings" -> "Brightness And Lock" screen whose label is "Dim screen to save power". You must uncheck it.






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                There is a checkbox in "System Settings" -> "Brightness And Lock" screen whose label is "Dim screen to save power". You must uncheck it.







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                edited Dec 10 '13 at 22:07









                Eric Leschinski

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                answered Nov 13 '12 at 22:07









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                • 1





                  There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

                  – Chris
                  Nov 24 '12 at 21:19






                • 2





                  It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 11:45











                • You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 21:43











                • That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

                  – Peter Mortensen
                  Nov 22 '14 at 18:40
















                • 1





                  There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

                  – Chris
                  Nov 24 '12 at 21:19






                • 2





                  It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

                  – morgoth
                  Nov 25 '12 at 11:45











                • You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

                  – Zoltán
                  Jan 12 '13 at 21:43











                • That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

                  – Peter Mortensen
                  Nov 22 '14 at 18:40










                1




                1





                There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

                – Chris
                Nov 24 '12 at 21:19





                There isn't such option at my ubuntu 12.10 :/

                – Chris
                Nov 24 '12 at 21:19




                2




                2





                It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

                – morgoth
                Nov 25 '12 at 11:45





                It still goes black, exactly as described in question - I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and Gnome 3 (it worked fine on Unity)

                – morgoth
                Nov 25 '12 at 11:45













                You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

                – Zoltán
                Jan 12 '13 at 21:43





                You should apply this advice in conjunction with the top rated answer, i.e. execute sudo xset s off.

                – Zoltán
                Jan 12 '13 at 21:43













                That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

                – Peter Mortensen
                Nov 22 '14 at 18:40







                That label is not in Ubuntu 14.04 either...

                – Peter Mortensen
                Nov 22 '14 at 18:40













                2














                The answer provided by chaos is very informative. However, even after following those instructions, I still had this problem intermittently. There is some sort of background process or settings manager that keeps resetting the screensaver, no matter what I do.



                I've found a brute-force solution. Just add a line to your crontab to turn off DPMS and the screensaver every single minute. Ugly, but effective.



                Type this at the terminal



                crontab -e


                And then add the following lines at the bottom of the file



                * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset -dpms
                * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset s off


                You can also comment these lines out by prepending a '#' when you want to re-enable the screensaver.






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                  The answer provided by chaos is very informative. However, even after following those instructions, I still had this problem intermittently. There is some sort of background process or settings manager that keeps resetting the screensaver, no matter what I do.



                  I've found a brute-force solution. Just add a line to your crontab to turn off DPMS and the screensaver every single minute. Ugly, but effective.



                  Type this at the terminal



                  crontab -e


                  And then add the following lines at the bottom of the file



                  * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset -dpms
                  * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset s off


                  You can also comment these lines out by prepending a '#' when you want to re-enable the screensaver.






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                    The answer provided by chaos is very informative. However, even after following those instructions, I still had this problem intermittently. There is some sort of background process or settings manager that keeps resetting the screensaver, no matter what I do.



                    I've found a brute-force solution. Just add a line to your crontab to turn off DPMS and the screensaver every single minute. Ugly, but effective.



                    Type this at the terminal



                    crontab -e


                    And then add the following lines at the bottom of the file



                    * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset -dpms
                    * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset s off


                    You can also comment these lines out by prepending a '#' when you want to re-enable the screensaver.






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                    The answer provided by chaos is very informative. However, even after following those instructions, I still had this problem intermittently. There is some sort of background process or settings manager that keeps resetting the screensaver, no matter what I do.



                    I've found a brute-force solution. Just add a line to your crontab to turn off DPMS and the screensaver every single minute. Ugly, but effective.



                    Type this at the terminal



                    crontab -e


                    And then add the following lines at the bottom of the file



                    * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset -dpms
                    * * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 xset s off


                    You can also comment these lines out by prepending a '#' when you want to re-enable the screensaver.







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                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you have KDE as the windowing manager:



                        Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power Management"

                        3. Choose "Energy saving settings"


                        there are two checkboxes: Dim Display and Screen Energy Saving. Make sure those are unchecked.



                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you are using the default unity windowing manager:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power"

                        3. Click the link: "Brightness settings"

                        4. There is a dropdown called: "Turn screen off when inactive for"


                        Set the dropdown to 'Never'.






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                        • What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

                          – Peter Mortensen
                          Mar 15 '17 at 17:01


















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                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you have KDE as the windowing manager:



                        Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power Management"

                        3. Choose "Energy saving settings"


                        there are two checkboxes: Dim Display and Screen Energy Saving. Make sure those are unchecked.



                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you are using the default unity windowing manager:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power"

                        3. Click the link: "Brightness settings"

                        4. There is a dropdown called: "Turn screen off when inactive for"


                        Set the dropdown to 'Never'.






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                        • What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

                          – Peter Mortensen
                          Mar 15 '17 at 17:01
















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                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you have KDE as the windowing manager:



                        Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power Management"

                        3. Choose "Energy saving settings"


                        there are two checkboxes: Dim Display and Screen Energy Saving. Make sure those are unchecked.



                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you are using the default unity windowing manager:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power"

                        3. Click the link: "Brightness settings"

                        4. There is a dropdown called: "Turn screen off when inactive for"


                        Set the dropdown to 'Never'.






                        share|improve this answer













                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you have KDE as the windowing manager:



                        Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power Management"

                        3. Choose "Energy saving settings"


                        there are two checkboxes: Dim Display and Screen Energy Saving. Make sure those are unchecked.



                        In Ubuntu 12.10, If you are using the default unity windowing manager:




                        1. Click System Settings.

                        2. In the "Hardware" tab choose "Power"

                        3. Click the link: "Brightness settings"

                        4. There is a dropdown called: "Turn screen off when inactive for"


                        Set the dropdown to 'Never'.







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                        Eric LeschinskiEric Leschinski

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                        • What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

                          – Peter Mortensen
                          Mar 15 '17 at 17:01





















                        • What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

                          – Peter Mortensen
                          Mar 15 '17 at 17:01



















                        What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

                        – Peter Mortensen
                        Mar 15 '17 at 17:01







                        What do you mean by "Disable monitor dimming and energy saving tool"? Do you mean "Disable it in the monitor-dimming-and-energy-saving tool"?

                        – Peter Mortensen
                        Mar 15 '17 at 17:01













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                        You can use gsettings for enabling and disabling monitor from going to sleep:




                        • Disable turning off screen


                          gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0




                        • Enable turning off screen with 5 min delay


                          gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300





                        source : https://askubuntu.com/a/788456/88543






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                          You can use gsettings for enabling and disabling monitor from going to sleep:




                          • Disable turning off screen


                            gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0




                          • Enable turning off screen with 5 min delay


                            gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300





                          source : https://askubuntu.com/a/788456/88543






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                            You can use gsettings for enabling and disabling monitor from going to sleep:




                            • Disable turning off screen


                              gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0




                            • Enable turning off screen with 5 min delay


                              gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300





                            source : https://askubuntu.com/a/788456/88543






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                            You can use gsettings for enabling and disabling monitor from going to sleep:




                            • Disable turning off screen


                              gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0




                            • Enable turning off screen with 5 min delay


                              gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 300





                            source : https://askubuntu.com/a/788456/88543







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                                xset -dpms


                                It solved this issue in Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
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                                    xset -dpms


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                                    xset -dpms


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