Well, I don't know what the "real" answer, but I can offer two workarounds...
1. Run xscreensaver, then kill it.
2. Just use $xset s 10000 or some huge number of minutes. (maybe $xset s
0 turns it off? or $xset s off ? Don't know.)
Phil Garrett wrote:
> I know I've asked this before but all the messages I get back simply tell
> me to RTFM. I've done that and I'm still stuck. We have a Linux box set
> up as a demo machine. we need it to be an eye-catcher. (running RH 5.1
> and AfterStep). Default config blanks the screen after a few minutes. We
> add an 'xset s -noblank' command to the xdm config and it dosn't blank the
> screen, but it does switch to a b&w ugly ass display that puts the X logo
> in random locations on the screen.
>
> We need either the xdm or afterstep to stay up constantly with no screen
> saver or blanking. Can someone please help me out?
>
> Thanks in advance....
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