I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 2).
Please help to disable the screensaver.
To disable for the current user:
gconftool-2 --set -t boolean /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled false
To set the system default to disabled:
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --set -t boolean /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled false
To re-enable it you simply change the bool from false to true, like so:
re-enable current user:
gconftool-2 --set -t boolean /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled true
re-enable default:
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --set -t boolean /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled true