Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> writes:

> On 2024/03/08 22:35, Mark Kettenis wrote:
>> > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:29:35 +0000
>> > From: Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org>
>> >
>> > On 2024/03/08 14:34, Kenneth Westerback wrote:
>> > > I see the same/similar behaviour on my M1 MacMini. i.e. when sceen blanks
>> > > it won't come back until I reboot.
>> > >
>> > > Monitor is connected via HDMI. Happy to provide more details/info/tests 
>> > > if
>> > > same deemed useful.
>> >
>> > Just tried xset s off, which I think _may_ be helping.
>>
>> I haven't done a ton of testing myself.  Mostly just having machines
>> sit idle in xenodm.  There were some reports that quickly changing the
>> display brightness causes similar firmware hangs.  So I wonder if
>> doing something more complicated in X would trigger the issue.
>>
>> I think tobhe@ has spent a bit more time on his m2 macbook air.  But
>> maybe he doesn't have the automatic screen blanking enabled.
>
> I added 'xset s off' on top of the existing 'xset -dpms' 2 hours ago
> and the display is still on, so I think that's a winner.
>
> It didn't _always_ stay off after blanking, but did most of the time.

I see the same thing.

Adding 'xset -dpms' and 'xset s off' to my .xsession, logging in with
only one xterm running, and the monitor stays on for >1 hour.

--
.... Ken

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