disable screensaver/power saving (Solved)

[jonass]

I am using mint xfce 13 and every 10 minutes the video goes black, frustrating when watching video, i disabled the screensaver in the gui and set the power saving options to never and it still happened. So then i deleted the ,xscreensaver file and it still did it. any other options? it is an htpc so preferably i could disable all of these power saving options

[sagirfahmid3]

This isn't the screensaver's issue. It is actually Xorg's default settings.
Add these lines in your xorg.conf (which is located in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and you must edit the file as superuser).

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Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "BlankTime"   "0"
   Option "StandbyTime" "0"
   Option "SuspendTime" "0"
   Option "OffTime"     "0"
   Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

[jonass]

I added the bit you gave me to the xorg.conf file and restarted the computer and it worked like a charm, thank you

[sagirfahmid3]

No problem. Could you please change your title and add "Solved" to it? Thanks. (Easier for other people to find).

[jjaythomas]

I also set screesaver and power settings to max time (2+ hours)
Can also run script to disable timeout and then a launcher (I do for a Launcher for Chromium going to 'clickertv')

J.Jay

[jonass]

Just as an after thought, what exactly is the computer doing when it turns off every 10 minutes? And why isn't there just an option to turn off as opposed to adding that to the .conf file? Is this a bug?

[sagirfahmid3]

The computer can be doing anything, it will continue to function as normal--if you left a download running in the background, it wont be interrupted, etc etc...
I don't know why there isn't an option to turn that off (these days), but, once upon a time when CRT monitors were prevalent, that technique would save your monitor from burn-in or etching from the electrons being fired at the same spot (by a stationary image) for a prolonged period of time. These days, with LCD and LED monitors making the majority and CRTs going extinct, there isn't any need at all for any kind of screensaver or auto-shut-off for the monitor (LCDs don't suffer from burn-in). So, in answer to your last question, no, it isn't a bug.