Monitor power save mode (DPMS?)

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josh
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Monitor power save mode (DPMS?)

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It seems that my linux computer will go into a power save mode (the monitor will) after a few minutes of inactivity. I like to leave this at the 'top' screen while im coding just to watch server load and keep an eye out for stuff, etc..

I'm trying to disable this.. The first thing I looked for is xorg

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Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Unknown monitor"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection
This is a section from

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

i looked up the dpms stuff and from what i read that sounds like it is the culprit, I changed the last line to

Option "dpms" "no" and even tried removing it altogether.. no cigar (yes i remembered to reboot after saving)


This is the page that I have been referencing.. http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.html


Am I even looking in the right spot, can someone point me in the right direction to debugging / fixing this?
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