Turn off your screen saver!

[mzilikazi]

I have never cared for screen savers and always viewed them with disdain for wasting so much energy needlessly. The best thing you can do is to use the power management features to power the monitor off. I found a few interesting facts here and here.

[esaym]

I agree. I never could figure out why you would want you r computer to work its hardest when you aren't even using it. I got my screen to shut off after 15 minutes. I also made a script and linked it to keycombo alt+a to shut the screen off

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#! /bin/bash
/usr/bin/xset dpms force suspend
exit 0 

[mzilikazi]

I also made a script and linked it to keycombo alt+a to shut the screen off

I like that idea. Think I'll use it. It's not copyrighted is it?

[Bulkley]

Or, at the bottom of xorg.conf add the last three lines like this:

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Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Default Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Default Mouse"
        Option "StandbyTime" "3" # Turn off screen in 3 minutes (DPMS) 
        Option "SuspendTime" "8" # Full hibernation in 8 minutes (DPMS) 
        Option "OffTime" "15" # Turn off DPMS monitor (DPMS)
EndSection

My new amd64 Lenny install uses some other method to shutdown the screen. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's in the kernel. Whatever it is, it works.

[txHarleyMan]

Displays nowadays dont have the burn-in problem like days of old. I just have it power off after 20 mins of inactivity.

[actionM]

I guess I can go back to staring at a lava lamp when I'm drunk.