Disable Screen Saver

[Lydia Chan]

Hello,

How to diable the Screen Saver ?
Sorry for asking such fool question, I'm not familiar with this but I
want to view some special alarm status of an application on the screen
from several meters away.

Thanks a lot.

Best Wishes,
Lydia.

[Allen Yee]

First get the original screen saver values:

XGetScreenSaver(display, &timeout, &interval, &prefer_blanking, &allow_exposure);

To set the screen saver (disable):

XSetScreenSaver(display, 0, 0, DefaultBlanking, DefaultExposures);

When your applications about to be finished, it is a good idea
to reenable the screen saver:

XSetScreenSaver(display, timeout, interval, prefer_blanking, allow_exposure);
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[Sven.Boden]

If you just want it global I think you can use xset
e.g. type
xset s off
at the prompt

Wfg
Sven Boden

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Hello, I tried xset s off and it didn't work
Do you have any other idea to disable the screen saver in motif? I have Red Hat 5