# xset # User preference utility for X # Disable screen saver blanking. xset s off # Change time before which the screen is blanked, to 3,600 seconds (1 hour). xset s 3600 3600 # Turn off Display Power Management Signalling. To instead enable DPMS, the `-` # character is simply changed to `+`. xset -dpms # Disable DPMS and prevent screen from blanking. This command also clearly # demonstrations the ability to combine several xset(1) commands within the one # process call. xset s off -dpms # Immediately force the provided DPMS state (off). Available states are # 'off', 'on', 'standby', and 'suspend'. xset dpms force off