On Damn Small Linux, P3 500Mhz, 256Mb RAM
# xset dpms force on
# xset -dpms
# xset s off
# setterm -powersave off -blank 0
# xset -q
Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002
auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 30
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf
fadfffdfffdfe5ef
ffffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffff
bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100
Pointer Control:
acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 0
Colors:
default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0 WhitePixel: 16777215
Font Path:
/home/username/.gnome2/share/cursor-fonts,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/home/username/.gnome2/share/fonts
Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
Font cache:
Server does not have the FontCache Extension
File paths:
Config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Modules path: /usr/lib/xorg/modules
Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xset s off turn screensaver off
xset -dpms turn energy star power save off
http://linuxreviews.org/quicktips/screenblanking/
setterm -blank 0
xset s off
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
xset s activate
xset s off
xset -dpms
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-disable-screen-blanking-screen-going-blank.html
$ setterm -powersave off -blank 0
If it dumps back you with an error that read as follows:
cannot (un)set powersave mode
You need to shutdown X window system and rerun the above command. Better, add following two commands to your ~/.xinitrc file:
setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -powerdown 0
xset s off