[NCLUG] Screen Problem

[Bob Proulx]

Bonnell Frost wrote:
> Mark Thiele wrote:
> > I think he is referring to the screen saver or power saver settings, if it
> > is a laptop connected to an external display.  It will "time out" and go to
> > sleep and cannot be brought back active without a power cycle of the
> > machine.
>
> I am running a recent version of Fedora 18 on a desktop with a Biostar 
> T-series motherboard. Don't know whether the lack of response after 
> timeout (maybe 10 minutes inactive) is related to ACER display or not.

Mark's idea that it might be a screen saver is a good one then.

Unfortunately for me I know nothing of Fedora 18.  But I think the
default desktop is GNOME 3.  Can someone who is running GNOME 3 post
the steps to turn the screen saver off?  (Oh Maxwell! [smile])

Bob