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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xorg
  
  Xorg appears to have (hardcoded) a default timeout for blanking the
  screen, set to 600 seconds (10 minutes)
  
  If the user tries to disable the screen blanking using gnome-power-
  manager (all timeouts disabled, no screen turn off) aswell as the
  screensaver being disabled, the screen will go blank after 10 minutes
  regardless of the setting.
  
  If you set the blank screen timeout to less than ten minutes, then this
  setting is used.
  
  The following is returned when running # xset -q
  
  ---------
  Screen Saver:
    prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
    timeout:  600    cycle:  600
  ---------
  
  Again, timeout is set at 600 regardless what the user configures within
  gnome.
  
  Adding the following to the xorg.conf file solves this issue:
  
  ---------
  Section "ServerFlags"
      Option "BlankTime" "0"
      Option "StandbyTime" "0"
      Option "SuspendTime" "0"
      Option "OffTime" "0"
  EndSection
  ---------
  
  Upon restarting gdm (logout to restart X), the values retrieved by #
  xset -q are now correct
  
  ---------
  Screen Saver:
    prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
    timeout: 0    cycle:  600
  ---------
  
  Now, the screen will not blank after a default of 10 minutes.
  
  This occurs on both amd64 based installs of Karmic 9.10 at my current
  location.  I've also noticed quite a few threads on ubuntuforums which
  are also describing the same issue, but with no resolve.
  
  Can the timeout be set during the compilation of the xorg package?  Or
  will it require constant modification of xorg.conf file to sort this
  issue? (not the best idea for novice users)
+ 
+ [lspci]
+ 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
+     	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011e]
+ 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1)
+     	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011e]

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Xorg has default screen blanking value set to 600secs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493645
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