Can't get rid of screen 'saver'
I'm running a picture slideshow on a laptop (TFT screen) and I dont want a screen saver/blanker or whatever it's called. No, I don't want it at all. So I edited my /etc/rc.conf: saver=NO blanktime=NO But still will the screen go black after a few minutes. I have turned off all Power Management features in the BIOS aswell. The computer is a Dell Latitude Cpx50 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get rid of screen 'saver'
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:12:29PM +0100, Joachim Dagerot wrote: I'm running a picture slideshow on a laptop (TFT screen) and I dont want a screen saver/blanker or whatever it's called. No, I don't want it at all. If you're running X, it has it's own set of DPMS powersave rules. Try xset dpms off in X to turn it off for one session. I think removing Options DPMS from the monitor section in your X config file will make it the default. I don't know what else it could be if you're not in X. HTH, --Stijn -- Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc., 1989 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get rid of screen 'saver'
apparently there are some hardcoded defaults in the X server that need to be overridden to remove the 10 minute blanktime. just add the serverflags section in your config file as explained here: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/X11R6.8.0/doc/xorg.conf.5.html and it should be fine. the one affecting you is probably this: Option BlankTime time sets the inactivity timeout for the blanking phase of the screensaver. time is in minutes. This is equivalent to the Xorg server's `-s' flag, and the value can be changed at run-time with xset(1x) . Default: 10 minutes. you might also want to get rid of all those others options StandbyTime, SuspendTime and OffTime just to be on the safe side. HTH, g. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
