On 11/20/2013 11:23 AM, jimmyjimja...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:40:26 PM UTC-4, Don Miller wrote:
>
>
>     There is some FAQ stuff related to this (link below).  If you try
>     it, could you report back?  This was an issue for me a month or so
>     ago, but I moved on to other things and have not had a chance to
>     play with this.
>
>     
> http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone_Black_FAQ#Is_there_a_way_to_prevent_my_HDMI_monitor_from_sleeping_while_using_my_BBB.3F
>     
> <http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone_Black_FAQ#Is_there_a_way_to_prevent_my_HDMI_monitor_from_sleeping_while_using_my_BBB.3F>
>
>     Thanks,
>     Don
>
>
>
> I too need to have the HDMI output not blank out, and am having
> problems.  Using the link that you provided, I did the following:
>
> - I went to */media/BEAGLEBONE* where */dev/mmcblk0p1* was mounted.
> - I edited *uEnv.txt* changing it from: 
> *optargs=quiet drm.debug=7*
>     to
> *optargs=quiet drm.debug=7 /consoleblank=0/*
>
> then rebooted the system.  To my dismay, after ten minutes, the HDMI
> output still blanked out.
> /(I also tried adding consoleblank=0 with double quotes around it as
> shown in the provided link, but no luck.)/
>
>
> I did discover that the other part of information from that link does
> work.
>
> When SSHed into the BBB, issuing this command:
> *   echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank *
> does take turn the HDMI output back on.
>
>
> Did I do something wrong with that consoleblank=0 line in uEnv.txt?  I
> also tried adding it to the uEnv.txt file in the /boot partition.
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Jim
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This will also work

xset -dpms; xset s off

setterm is for your console. 

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