I am running on 4DCape43 LCD on Debian BBB and added xset -dpms xset s off
to .xsessionrc file in user's home directory and this prevents my LCD from blanking after a period. ~C On Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 10:02:10 PM UTC-6, blueboatjc wrote: > > Hi, I have tried this on my Beagle Bone Black, but it doesn't work. I'm > assuming it's because I'm not using the HDMI port. Instead I'm using 4D > Systems 4DCape-43 Touchscreen. Do you have any advice or ideas on how to > get this to work? > > On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:10:26 PM UTC-5, cody wrote: >> >> Try this, and let me know if it works. >> >> ************************** >> Prevent Monitor Sleep >> ************************** >> Add the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf then reboot. >> >> Section "ServerFlags" >> >> Option "BlankTime" "0" >> >> Option "StandbyTime" "0" >> >> Option "SuspendTime" "0" >> >> Option "OffTime" "0" >> >> EndSection >> >> >> >> Section "Monitor" >> Option "DPMS" >> >> Identifier "Builtin Default Monitor" >> >> EndSection >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:23 PM, <jimmyj...@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 >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.