Look at the manual page for xset (man xset). In particular look at the s and the dpms options. Sounds like your blanking parameters are being set wrong somewhere.
Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Hello. : I have woody + kernel 2.4.0-test7 running on a Pentium III for some : time, and everything was ok until some days ago, when I got some : strange problem with X. : It suddenly begins to blank the screen (actually, there's a slight : flash, as if the monitor got into sleep mode or something) -- but this : is when I'm working. Typing or moving the mouse brings everything : back, but 2 or 3 seconds later it goes dark again. It eventually stops : if I try to minimize and bring back windows, use a console, etc, but I : couldn't determine exactly what makes it work properly again. And I : also didn't notice what triggers the problem... : I tried this with X 4.0.1 and with 3.3.6, and the same problem : happened. Also tried different kernels -- 2.4.0-test7 and : 2.4.0-test[3,4,5] (didn't try the 2.2.X yes, but I will). I don't : think it's the kernel or X, I believe it's some of the packages that : were upgraded recently in woody... : Did anyone else have this problem? : I'm not using gdm, and I also tried stopping gpm, disabling ACPI in : the kernel and BIOS, disbling/enabling APM in the BIOS... Didn't : help. : Any ideas? : Thanks, : J. : -- : Jeronimo Pellegrini : Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil : http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~jeronimo : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : -- : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --
