Keep the Display From Turning Off on Ubuntu

Displays that constantly turn off drive me crazy. I like to be able to walk by my computer and immediately see what is on the screen without it turning blank. Thankfully Ubuntu provides a way to easily configure this setting.

Navigate to the System \ Preferences \ Power Management menu, and you will see this window:

Here you can easily move the slider all the way to the right to prevent the display from shutting off.

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. This article was written on 11/7/06 and tagged with: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tips & Tweaks

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Comments (3)

1. July 24, 2007 8:20 am
   Yeorwned

   This does not function properly in LTS 6.06. The screen still turns off after several hours, even with the screensaver disabled.

2. October 4, 2007 12:18 pm
   Reez

   I have feisty, and those settings are IGNORED by the system. It still turns off the screen. I hate it! Is there something I can do?

3. January 9, 2009 3:08 am
   jan

   In a console write

   setterm -blank 0

   hi from Jan