Extending Screensaver Timeout (solved)

[LeoNigro]

Someone recently posted about wanting to increase the time before the screensaver kicks in, which is currently 15 minutes.
Unfortunately I can no longer find that post and will answer it here.

BTW the screensaver displays the workspace cube rotation which you can view immediately with
Commodore/Windows/Super Key and 'S' key.

You can alter this time or even the screen saver type through the menu:
System --> Preferences --> Look and Feel --> Visual Effects Manager
and then select
Extras --> Screen Saver

The General tab allows you to change the screensaver and how many minutes before it kicks in.
You can also disable the screen saver entirely if you want to.

There are two screensavers to choose from:
Rotate Cube (Default)
Flying Windows (which is really quite interesting)

[LeoNigro]

Actually, it just occurred to me that he was talking about the screen blanking.
That's a Power Management thing.

To fix that you need to go to the Control Centre (via the menu).
System --> Control Centre

Under the Hardware heading you will find the Power Management icon.
That will provide you with a bunch of power saving options.

Cheerio.

[jimfrob]

Thanks for the tip on how to disable the screensaver, but I can't find any power management settings in the control centre (or anywhere else). I've attached a screenshot from the Hardware section of control centre. I'd like to make sure the laptop on which I'm testing this OS will never go to sleep.

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