[Fedora-livecd-list] Re: Installation: monitor suspend with different timezones

On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 11:53 +0200, Sebastian Vahl wrote: > When installaling a kde livecd and selecting a different timezone (eg. > one from europe) the monitor will suspend > > When I select a different timezone (eg. one from europe) in Anaconda > during installation from a kde livecd the monitor will suspend when > Anaconda changes the timezone (AFAIK after formatting the partitions). It > will come back when moving the mouse or hitting any key. But I think this > is a little bit confusing for non-experienced users. > > In gnome livecd this would not happen. I'm not sure if this is related to > anaconda, metacity/gnome or kwin/kde (powersaving is disabled in kde). > I've also tried this with installing and using openbox on the gnome cd. > Then the monitor is also suspended. > > Any ideas how to solve this? The problem is that we need to be able to change the timezone so that files are created with the correct timestamp. If only there were a nice way that worked across desktops to inhibit the screensaver being triggered. Alas, not there yet