On 02/05/2011 01:45 PM, Michel Hoogervorst wrote: > Hi, > > I build myself a fresh new Freevo box, with on-board HDMI which will > be used to connect te box to the TV. All works fine, but somehow I > can't figure out how to disable DPMS. > > When playing video, somehow the screen stays on. My guess is that > Freevo temporarily disables DPMS when playing video(?). When playing > music however, after ten minutes the screen goes into power saving > mode... and since the music is played over the same HDMI connection, > all sound is instantly gone as well. Pretty annoying. > > In xorg.conf I deleted this line from the device section: > Option "DPMS" > > But without any luck. The Xorg.0.log still says it is enabled. I added > the line back in like this: > Option "DPMS" "False" > > Now Xorg.0.log only says the module is loaded, but not that it is enabled. > > I added this to "ServerFlags": > Option "NoPM" "True" > > Again... no luck. > > I added a simple script with only this to be loaded with freevo: > xset -dpms > > But still the screen blanks after 10 minutes... > > Looking a bit further in the Xorg.0.log I found that it complained not > to have a monitor-section for HDMI1. So, I opened xorg.conf, changed > the identifier of the monitor from "monitor1" to "HDMI1" and added the > "DMPS" "False" line. Now Xorg.0.log says "Output HDMI1 using monitor > section HDMI1" and says DPMS is loaded but not enabled... and again, > blank screen after 10 minutes... *sigh* > > can anyone please tell me how to disable DPMS completely? I don't want > it at all on my Freevo box. The machine is running Mandriva 2010.2 > with Freevo 1.9.0.
I run Fedora on my box with an LCD screen via HDMI. I have the following in my "Monitor" section which appears to work for me :) Option "noDPMS" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users