xset s off

should do

If you want a screen saver, try xscreensaver (also, on console, a screen
blocker can be useful : lockvc)

Vincent


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome "Lacoste (Frisurf) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday 26 September 2002 13:35
> To: Debian-User
> Subject: disable Screen saver
> 
> 
> I am running Debian unstable. The UI is handled by a mix of Gnome 1.4
> and wmaker.
> 
> My screen gets black if I don't touch the mouse for a while. This
> prevents me from looking at DVDs on my laptop.
> I tried to find a screen saver installed on my machine but 
> couldn't find
> any. 
> 
> Some of the things I tried:
> 'dpkg -l | grep -i saver' returns nothing
> 'locate saver' nothing as well
> 'apropos saver' only returns beforelight but this one is not running.
> searched the /etc/X11 files without luck
> 
> Is there a default screen saver hidden somewhere I have to turn off?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> jerome
> 
> 
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