[GTALUG] Keep X from going to sleep

William Witteman wwitteman at gmail.com
Tue Mar 17 14:25:53 UTC 2015


On 17 March 2015 at 10:20, Russell Reiter <rreiter91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree saving power is a reasonable thing. That's one reason I don't
> recommend disabling DPMS completely. Spinning down the drives saves power
> and also servs to extend the lifespan of the drive, if only marginally.

That's a good point.  My drives don't spin, but it's still a good
point.  If my monitor would acknowledge the signal coming in when I am
typing and staring at a blank screen, I wouldn't bother with this.


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