Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thu 16 Jul 2015 at 17:10:08 -0600, D. R. Evans wrote: If the blanking is caused by a screensaver application under the control of your desktop environment, that should work (I guess). But if it's caused by either DPMS being invoked, or X blanking the monitor, then you'll need to explicitly change the behaviour by editing an xorg.conf file if you really want to eliminate the blanking. I happened to write up exactly how I did this earlier today: http://drevans.blog.enginehousebooks.com/2015/07/preventing-dpms-operation-in-x-in.html The method you describe on that page is fine as far as it goes but someone without root access will not benefit from it. Many things in X can be configured from a user account; why not use a .xsession or ,xsessionrc file with xset commands in it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/17072015131739.be9aaa85a...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Friday 17 July 2015 06:21:48 Petter Adsen wrote: On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:17:13 -0400 Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? Xfce uses the built-in power manager to blank the screen, you can adjust it in Settings - Power Manager - Display. Petter I'll give tht a shot too. Thanks Petter. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507170649.21509.ghesk...@wdtv.com
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:17:13 -0400 Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? Xfce uses the built-in power manager to blank the screen, you can adjust it in Settings - Power Manager - Display. Petter -- I'm ionized Are you sure? I'm positive. pgptuur3MuvXO.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:17:13 -0400 (EDT), Gene Heskett wrote: My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? I tried this on my machine, which uses XFCE, and it worked for me: Applications - Settings - Screensaver Single left click on the box labeled Mode:. Single left click on Disable Screen Saver in the drop-down box. Close the window. For a text console, edit /etc/kbd/config and change BLANK_TIME to 0. This requires root privileges to edit the file and a reboot is necessary for it to take effect. -- .''`. Stephen Powellzlinux...@wowway.com : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/811867097.15069992.1437151750950.javamail.zim...@wowway.com
shutting off screen blanker forever?
My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? Thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507161417.13578.ghesk...@wdtv.com
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thursday 16 July 2015 14:35:04 Brian wrote: On Thu 16 Jul 2015 at 14:17:13 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? I have xset -dpms xset s off xset s no blank in my .xsession. That's using spectrwm as the window manager. Of course .xsession has to be read when X starts. The screen never blanks with these lines. None of the machines I need to do that to have an ~/.xsession file. ~/.xsession-error's yes. Thanks Brian. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507161553.39388.ghesk...@wdtv.com
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thursday 16 July 2015 16:25:29 Mike Castle wrote: For xfce, you might try this: Settings Manager Session and Startup Application Autostart Scroll down and uncheck Screensaver. Hadn't thought of that, thanks. I did set it by unchecking all the blankers and setting the times north of 10 hours, which if that works, is tolerable for the application. There may be additional things you need to do to make sure session stuff isn't loading screensavers through some other mechanism (i.e, squirreled away in a saved session or something). For that you might need to explicitly exit the screensaver (either through Settings Manager Screensaver or a command line like xscreensaver-command -exit) And you likely need the xset stuff you already did on top of that. Of course, all of that is assuming you are using xscreensaver. ps -ef | grep screensave might be useful if the above doesn't work out for you. mrc PS: I dropped emc-users. I think the netiquette these days is to NOT post to multiple email groups, as it is likely a respondent isn't subscribed to all of them. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507161631.29499.ghesk...@wdtv.com
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thu 16 Jul 2015 at 14:17:13 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? I have xset -dpms xset s off xset s no blank in my .xsession. That's using spectrwm as the window manager. Of course .xsession has to be read when X starts. The screen never blanks with these lines. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/16072015192917.eecaf079b...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thursday 16 July 2015 21:25:29 Mike Castle wrote: might be useful if the above doesn't work out for you. for a session, however long it be, though not permanently: $ xset -dpms enter Or you may have to do: # xset -dpms enter That works until you next reboot. In my experience turning the screensaver off doesn't seem to work - it seems to be something else. But I shall immediately try Brian's recipe myself! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507162228.13162.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
For xfce, you might try this: Settings Manager Session and Startup Application Autostart Scroll down and uncheck Screensaver. There may be additional things you need to do to make sure session stuff isn't loading screensavers through some other mechanism (i.e, squirreled away in a saved session or something). For that you might need to explicitly exit the screensaver (either through Settings Manager Screensaver or a command line like xscreensaver-command -exit) And you likely need the xset stuff you already did on top of that. Of course, all of that is assuming you are using xscreensaver. ps -ef | grep screensave might be useful if the above doesn't work out for you. mrc PS: I dropped emc-users. I think the netiquette these days is to NOT post to multiple email groups, as it is likely a respondent isn't subscribed to all of them.
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thu 16 Jul 2015 at 15:53:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 16 July 2015 14:35:04 Brian wrote: On Thu 16 Jul 2015 at 14:17:13 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: My atom boxes are using xfce I think. And I have studied up on xset, and tried every combo that even looks suspicious in an effort to kill the screen blanker once and for all. But I can't even do it for 10 minutes in a row. So obviously the solution is not an xset command in the startup. Does anyone have a better, it even works, suggestion? I have xset -dpms xset s off xset s no blank in my .xsession. That's using spectrwm as the window manager. Of course .xsession has to be read when X starts. The screen never blanks with these lines. None of the machines I need to do that to have an ~/.xsession file. ~/.xsession-error's yes. Guess what? 1. You don't need a .xsession file to try out the commands. 2. You can create a .xsession file of your very own to put on the machines. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/16072015224313.7dfab06ec...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
Gene Heskett wrote on 07/16/2015 02:31 PM: On Thursday 16 July 2015 16:25:29 Mike Castle wrote: For xfce, you might try this: Settings Manager Session and Startup Application Autostart Scroll down and uncheck Screensaver. Hadn't thought of that, thanks. I did set it by unchecking all the blankers and setting the times north of 10 hours, which if that works, is tolerable for the application. If the blanking is caused by a screensaver application under the control of your desktop environment, that should work (I guess). But if it's caused by either DPMS being invoked, or X blanking the monitor, then you'll need to explicitly change the behaviour by editing an xorg.conf file if you really want to eliminate the blanking. I happened to write up exactly how I did this earlier today: http://drevans.blog.enginehousebooks.com/2015/07/preventing-dpms-operation-in-x-in.html Doc -- Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 05:10:08PM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote: Gene Heskett wrote on 07/16/2015 02:31 PM: On Thursday 16 July 2015 16:25:29 Mike Castle wrote: For xfce, you might try this: Settings Manager Session and Startup Application Autostart Scroll down and uncheck Screensaver. Hadn't thought of that, thanks. I did set it by unchecking all the blankers and setting the times north of 10 hours, which if that works, is tolerable for the application. If the blanking is caused by a screensaver application under the control of your desktop environment, that should work (I guess). But if it's caused by either DPMS being invoked, or X blanking the monitor, then you'll need to explicitly change the behaviour by editing an xorg.conf file if you really want to eliminate the blanking. I wonder. I've no desktop environment and easily control blanking simply with these two lines in my window manager, ~/.fluxbox/startup: xset s off xset -dpms I happened to write up exactly how I did this earlier today: http://drevans.blog.enginehousebooks.com/2015/07/preventing-dpms-operation-in-x-in.html Doc -- Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150717010634.gb4...@engels.historicalmaterialism.info
Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?
On Thursday 16 July 2015 19:10:08 D. R. Evans wrote: Gene Heskett wrote on 07/16/2015 02:31 PM: On Thursday 16 July 2015 16:25:29 Mike Castle wrote: For xfce, you might try this: Settings Manager Session and Startup Application Autostart Scroll down and uncheck Screensaver. Hadn't thought of that, thanks. I did set it by unchecking all the blankers and setting the times north of 10 hours, which if that works, is tolerable for the application. If the blanking is caused by a screensaver application under the control of your desktop environment, that should work (I guess). But if it's caused by either DPMS being invoked, or X blanking the monitor, then you'll need to explicitly change the behaviour by editing an xorg.conf file if you really want to eliminate the blanking. I happened to write up exactly how I did this earlier today: http://drevans.blog.enginehousebooks.com/2015/07/preventing-dpms-opera tion-in-x-in.html Doc Thanks, I have at leasr 3 machines I need to do that to. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507161957.35104.ghesk...@wdtv.com
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:49:57PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: Personally, I trust xscreensaver a lot more than the KDE or Gnome screensavers. http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#kde http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/toolkits.html How do you know for sure if the screen saver stops to show graphics when DPMS turns off the signal to the monitor? It's what keeps me from using a screen saver, I don't want it to be active when the monitor is off. -- Don't let them, daddy. Don't let the stars run down. http://adin.dyndns.org/adin/TheLastQ.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:15, lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:49:57PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: Personally, I trust xscreensaver a lot more than the KDE or Gnome screensavers. http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#kde http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/toolkits.html How do you know for sure if the screen saver stops to show graphics when DPMS turns off the signal to the monitor? It's what keeps me from using a screen saver, I don't want it to be active when the monitor is off. Xscreensaver has support for this, see the power management section in man xscreensaver for details. I cannot think of how to actually verify that it is happening. Me, I just trust jwz. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
Hi Kelly, Lee, On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:49:57PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: Personally, I trust xscreensaver a lot more than the KDE or Gnome screensavers. http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#kde http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/toolkits.html Hmm. Interesting stuff to read. Never given it that much thought. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:15 PM, lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know for sure if the screen saver stops to show graphics when DPMS turns off the signal to the monitor? It's what keeps me from using a screen saver, I don't want it to be active when the monitor is off. Well, than why don't you set the screen blanker to only blacken the screen. It might look not so pretty, but it's more energy efficient and better for your monitor. And there's hardly any visible difference between a black screen and dpms mode anyway. :-) Manon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:58:19AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:15, lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:49:57PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#kde How do you know for sure if the screen saver stops to show graphics when DPMS turns off the signal to the monitor? It's what keeps me from using a screen saver, I don't want it to be active when the monitor is off. Xscreensaver has support for this, see the power management section in man xscreensaver for details. I cannot think of how to actually verify that it is happening. Me, I just trust jwz. The FAQ says it should work when some option is put into the X server configuration, but it also says that it might not work. If it doesn't work, the CPU remains busy, using more power than it otherwise would, and the screensaver would only waste processing power ... -- Don't let them, daddy. Don't let the stars run down. http://adin.dyndns.org/adin/TheLastQ.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 08:54:52PM +0100, Manon Metten wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:15 PM, lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know for sure if the screen saver stops to show graphics when DPMS turns off the signal to the monitor? It's what keeps me from using a screen saver, I don't want it to be active when the monitor is off. Well, than why don't you set the screen blanker to only blacken the screen. The screen already goes black, and later DPMS is used, without running another screensaver, so running another screensaver that turns the screen black is pointless and a waste of resources. It might look not so pretty, but it's more energy efficient and better for your monitor. But I would run the screensaver only for the pretty things it can display. It's not for saving energy or the monitor, that function is already working fine. Since that is working fine already, I want to be sure that the screensaver stops displaying something when the monitor is sleeping. And there's hardly any visible difference between a black screen and dpms mode anyway. :-) That depends on the monitor and/or how brightness and contrast are set. I could and can always see it on my monitors, CRTs as well as TFTs. -- Don't let them, daddy. Don't let the stars run down. http://adin.dyndns.org/adin/TheLastQ.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 01:58:08AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 2008 November 24 12:32, Manon Metten wrote: Whenever I move my mouse, the screen wakes up from either blanking or dpms mode. I would like to turn that off and have the screen wake up only when I hit the keyboard. Unfortunately, this isn't really easy. It would probably take a number of source-code level changes to X.org. Can anyone please tell me if this is possible at all, and how to achive it. The right way do do it would probably be to add another Option to the InputDevice section, then test this option and inhibit wake events -- in fact swallow all input from the device if the DPMS has switched on -- and allow clients (like the client that locks the X session) to filter the events based on that option. sure would be nice, though -- my mouse (a wacom table-mouse) jitters a bit when it's sitting still and, as a result, my screen won't properly go into DPMS sleep unless i move the mouse off the tablet altogether. searching a bit, it seems like if you're using xscreensaver, increasing 'pointerHysteresis' a whole bunch might do the trick.[1] --Rob [1] http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man1.html -- /-\ | If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane | | --Jimmy Buffett, | |Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | \-/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
Hi Rob, Whenever I move my mouse, the screen wakes up from either blanking or dpms mode. I would like to turn that off and have the screen wake up only when I hit the keyboard. searching a bit, it seems like if you're using xscreensaver, increasing 'pointerHysteresis' a whole bunch might do the trick.[1] Actually, I'm using KDE's built-in screensaver. But switching to xscreensaver and increasing pointerHysteresis like you suggested, might be an option. Thanks for the help, Manon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:07, Manon Metten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob, Whenever I move my mouse, the screen wakes up from either blanking or dpms mode. I would like to turn that off and have the screen wake up only when I hit the keyboard. searching a bit, it seems like if you're using xscreensaver, increasing 'pointerHysteresis' a whole bunch might do the trick.[1] Actually, I'm using KDE's built-in screensaver. But switching to xscreensaver and increasing pointerHysteresis like you suggested, might be an option. Personally, I trust xscreensaver a lot more than the KDE or Gnome screensavers. http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#kde http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/toolkits.html Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Screen blanker Mouse
Hi, Whenever I move my mouse, the screen wakes up from either blanking or dpms mode. I would like to turn that off and have the screen wake up only when I hit the keyboard. Can anyone please tell me if this is possible at all, and how to achive it. Thanks in advance, Manon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Screen blanker Mouse
On Monday 2008 November 24 12:32, Manon Metten wrote: Whenever I move my mouse, the screen wakes up from either blanking or dpms mode. I would like to turn that off and have the screen wake up only when I hit the keyboard. Unfortunately, this isn't really easy. It would probably take a number of source-code level changes to X.org. Can anyone please tell me if this is possible at all, and how to achive it. The right way do do it would probably be to add another Option to the InputDevice section, then test this option and inhibit wake events -- in fact swallow all input from the device if the DPMS has switched on -- and allow clients (like the client that locks the X session) to filter the events based on that option. I'm not an expert on these things -- there might already be such as option. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ pgphg23yw1T4N.pgp Description: PGP signature
Screen Blanker
Real dumb stupid silly question.. Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! I guess it's set with setterm -blank - but where. I have snooped about all over the place trying find the answer to this. I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? Thanks in advance. -- Nidge Jones
Re: Screen Blanker
Nidge Jones wrote: Real dumb stupid silly question.. Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! I guess it's set with setterm -blank - but where. I have snooped about all over the place trying find the answer to this. I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? You can dissable it in X in the file, /etc/X11/XF86Config changing the BlankTime to 0, Section Screen Driver Accel Device Primary Card Monitor Primary Monitor DefaultColorDepth 16 BlankTime 5 SuspendTime 0 OffTime 0 hth, kent
Re: Screen Blanker
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Nidge Jones wrote: Real dumb stupid silly question.. Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! I guess it's set with setterm -blank - but where. I have snooped about all over the place trying find the answer to this. I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? I couldn't find it either, but created /etc/init.d/local (and ran update-rc.d) for stuff like this. You should use the full path: '/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0' Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Screen Blanker
Real dumb stupid silly question.. Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! I guess it's set with setterm -blank - but where. I have snooped about all over the place trying find the answer to this. I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? Thanks in advance. Lots of ways to do this, a simple way is to put setterm -blank 0 in a .bash_profile file in your home directory. This sets the behavior for a single user. I think you can also put it in a .bash_profile in /etc to have it the default behavior for everyone (everyone that uses bash as the shell anyway.) === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Screen Blanker
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 06:57:23AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: I couldn't find it either, but created /etc/init.d/local (and ran update-rc.d) for stuff like this. You should use the full path: I already have a 'local' file there, first thing I did when I Installed Debian long time agao :-) (also use update-rc.d) I run loads of stuff from 'local' OK, but whenever I try to add a setterm line to disable the screen blanker (and yes I use full path), it doesn't disable it. Accepts command OK, just doesn't disable :-( -- Nidge Jones
Re: screen blanker
On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Michel LESPINASSE wrote: in the debian 1.1beta distribution, setterm does not seems to support such options. (the -msg option dissapeard, also). util-linux-2.5-4 will have a working setterm, making the setterm package obsolete. It'll get installed into the tree tonight, so should appear on mirrors in a day or two. The setterm package will get purged when you install this newer util-linux. Guy
screen blanker
in my previous setup I used to have setterm -blank 15 -powersave on launched in my init scripts. in the debian 1.1beta distribution, setterm does not seems to support such options. (the -msg option dissapeard, also). Is this because the setterm included in debian is not up-to-date (in which case I think it would be worth upgrading it before the release of debian 1.1), or is it because there is now another way to enable console power saving ? Michel Walken LESPINASSE - Student at Ecole Centrale Paris (France) www PC demo coder official LiGNUx support (o o) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] --oOO--(_)--OOo--
