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Add comments about disabling screensaver
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hglm committed Jun 9, 2013
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It is best run on a bare X server without a window manager, because otherwise the window manager
may interfere with the results. To do so, create or edit the file .xinitrc in your home directory
so that has the two lines:
so that it has the following lines:

xset s off
xset -dpms
xset s noblank
benchx <testname> > benchx.out

The first line disables the X screensaver. You may need other measures to disable screen saving/blanking
after a certain period. If you start the X server using startx, it will automatically run the
specified test, and the X server should exit after it is finished. A sample xinitrc file that
runs all the tests is provided.
The first three lines disable the X screensaver. This will probably only work as root. You may
need other measures to disable screen saving/blanking after a certain period. If you start the
X server using startx, it will automatically run the specified test, and the X server should
exit after it is finished. A sample xinitrc file that runs all the tests is provided.

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