> > > > > And it had no effect, xset still shows and does its thing at its
> > > > > usual 450 seconds. So frustration reigns supreme. What the hell
> > > > > is reseting it?
> > > >
> > > > I have now turned off global display control. I'll click send on
> > > > thje next minute
> > >
> > > Its now stayed up for ten minutes. So Its apparently stopped, but
> > > only by disabling all tde display & monitor controls, if its
> > > enabled, it will powerdown the monitor in 7.5 minutes regardless of
> > > any settings otherwise, and if you look at it with an xset -q, its
> > > been reset to whatever something else thinks it should be. 450
> > > seconds or 7.5 minutes.
> > >
> > See attachments for screenshots of my own settings. Please note that I
> > have turned off power management completely.
> >
> > Bill
>
> Thats the only thing that worked. Nothing else is even capable of
> adjusting the time.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett

Okay, so am I to understand that you are at least able to watch a movie 
without having the power management interrupt and take over the system? Maybe 
it isn't quite what you want (yet), but you did get that dubious "feature" 
shut off? 

If we have laid that part of it to rest, then you can worry about how to 
adjust your settings later. 

Bill