John, I hesitated on this idea earlier as the DPMS line in the onfig file seemed more permanant. Anyway, I'm shelled into the machine. It doesn't like the display value apparently.
xbox:~# xset -dpms xset: unable to open display "" xbox:~# xbox:~# env TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash SSH_CLIENT=192.168.1.2 39183 22 SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0 USER=root MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 PWD=/root PS1=\h:\w\$ SHLVL=1 HOME=/root LS_OPTIONS=--color=auto LOGNAME=root SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.1.2 39183 192.168.1.10 22 _=/usr/bin/env xbox:~# xbox:~# set | grep DISPLAY xbox:~# Is this caused by me using ssh or is this some sort of settings issue with the machine? Please remember that there is no keyboard attached to an XBox. I have to execute everything remotely or place it in a file onboard the machine. Thanks, Mark On 5/28/05, John P. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > Without restarting X run the following command from a terminal: > > xset -dpms > > and then check to see if it goes black again. If not, then you need to > place the command some place in the init scripts for X. I think you could > place this command in a file named .xinitrc in the home directory of the > user that logs in to X. > > > Greg & John, > > So far the screen still goes black. Either it's not only DPMS or > > I'm editing the wrong file. > > > > I am not at all familiar with Debian configuration. I searched > > around for XF86config files and found what looks about right in > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 which was a link pointing at XF86Config-4-xbox. > > There was only a single screen definition so I commented out the DPMS > > entry in that section and rebooted the machine. After about a half > > hour I'm told that it went black again. > > > > First, is this the righ file to edit for a Xebian/XBox install or > > is there possibly some oter file I should be looking at? > > > > Is there anyway to query X as to the state of DPMS while the system > > is running to ensure it really got turned off? > > > > Last, is there possibly some sort of black screensaver running > > under Xebian that could be causing this? I do not see xscreensaver but > > I do see something called /usr/X11R6/bin/xtdesk. None of my other > > systems run that (in fact this Gentoo system doesn't even have it > > installed) so I'm not clear what it does. man xtdesk does nothing. > > > > thanks for your help, > > Mark > > > > On 5/28/05, Greg Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Question - we don't need any screensaver function on this Myth > >> > frontend. We will just turn the TV off. What feature of either MythTV > >> > or X is causing the screen to go black and how do I turn this off so > >> > that the screen is always on when people turn on the TV? > >> > >> It's DPMS - you can disable it by commenting out the DPMS line in > >> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > >> > >> Greg > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users