[mythtv-users] Disable screensaver in Fedora 15

[kanetse@gmail.com]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Chris Payne <chrisgpayne at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:01 PM, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Chris Payne <chrisgpayne at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>        dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/session/idle-delay "uint32 0"
>>>>        dconf update
>>
>> Sadly, this solution did not work for me.  I still have to press a key
>> on my physical keyboard for I see the MythTV menus.  Do I need to
>> restart X for it to take effect?
>>
>
> I did not have to restart X for the dconf changes Gregorio suggested
> to work. Is it blanking or going to powersave? The other thing I
> mentioned I did was a couple xset commands:
>
> xset s off
> xset -dpms
>
> They take effect immediately, verify by "xset q" (look for DPMS).  I
> still have these execute under the myth user on each gui autologin,
> I'm not sure if they are still needed, or are even still effective. If
> I have a chance, i can check.

Okay, I got it to work.  Guess you need to run it directly on X and
can't do it through SSH since I don't have a keyboard hooked up to
that machine normally.

What's the best way to ensure these commands are always run after on a reboot?