Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
Scott, Unfortunately I'm told this morning that the screen is still black or possibly dark grey. They're not sure if it's different from yesterday but clearly it's not a MythTV menu when they first turn the TV on. They are still having to hit a remote control key to get to the point where they see anything. Any other ideas? Thanks, Mark On 5/28/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott, That worked as far as results in the terminal: Password: Last login: Sat May 28 19:10:30 2005 from 192.168.1.2 xbox:~# su - live [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ export DISPLAY=:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset -dpms [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I will not know if the screen is working until tomorrow when I can phone the location unless they notice and happen to send me an email. Thanks! - Mark On 5/28/05, Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try this.. su - live export DISPLAY=:0 xset -dpms -Scott On 5/28/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
On 5/29/05, David Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xset q This will check the current state of the X server, including DPMS. So it appears that DPMS is disabled but the screen still blanks after about 20 minutes. That would seem to correspond to the Standby 1200 value. I'm asking them to time the delay to a black screen to confirm or deny the timing. xbox:~# su - live [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ export DISPLAY=:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset q Keyboard Control: auto repeat: onkey click percent: 0LED mask: auto repeat delay: 660repeat rate: 25 auto repeating keys: 00ffdbbf fadfffdfffdfe5ef bell percent: 50bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yesallow exposures: yes timeout: 600cycle: 600 Colors: default colormap: 0x20BlackPixel: 0WhitePixel: 16777215 Font Path: unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 1200Suspend: 1800Off: 2400 DPMS is Disabled Font cache: hi-mark (KB): 5120 low-mark (KB): 3840 balance (%): 70 File paths: Config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Modules path: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
Ahh.. screensaver is on.. try xset s off -Scott On 5/29/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/29/05, David Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xset q This will check the current state of the X server, including DPMS.So it appears that DPMS is disabled but the screen still blanks afterabout 20 minutes. That would seem to correspond to the Standby 1200 value. I'm asking them to time the delay to a black screen to confirmor deny the timing.xbox:~# su - live[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ export DISPLAY=:0[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset qKeyboard Control:auto repeat:onkey click percent:0LED mask: auto repeat delay:660repeat rate:25auto repeating keys:00ffdbbf fadfffdfffdfe5ef bell percent:50bell pitch:400bell duration:100Pointer Control:acceleration:2/1threshold:4Screen Saver:prefer blanking:yesallow exposures:yestimeout:600cycle:600 Colors:default colormap:0x20BlackPixel:0WhitePixel:16777215Font Path:unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabledDPMS (Energy Star):Standby: 1200Suspend: 1800Off: 2400DPMS is DisabledFont cache:hi-mark (KB): 5120low-mark (KB): 3840balance (%): 70File paths: Config file:/etc/X11/XF86Config-4Modules path: /usr/X11R6/lib/modulesLog file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
On 5/29/05, Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahh.. screensaver is on.. try xset s off -Scott Yeah, we found that a few minutes ago. Test is underway. Thanks! - Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
Or you can put this in your .xinitrc: xset -dpms 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
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
Thanks guys. I'll give it a try as soon as I can ssh into the machine. It has apparently crashed again. I think this XBox is not long for this world... ;-) Cheers, Mark On 5/28/05, John P. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or you can put this in your .xinitrc: xset -dpms 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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
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
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
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
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
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
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
try this.. su - live export DISPLAY=:0 xset -dpms -Scott On 5/28/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John,I hesitated on this idea earlier as the DPMS line in the onfig fileseemed more permanant. Anyway, I'm shelled into the machine. It doesn't like the display value apparently.xbox:~# xset -dpmsxset:unable to open display xbox:~#xbox:~# envTERM=xtermSHELL=/bin/bashSSH_CLIENT= 192.168.1.2 39183 22SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0USER=rootMAIL=/var/mail/rootPATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11PWD=/rootPS1=\h:\w\$SHLVL=1HOME=/root LS_OPTIONS=--color=autoLOGNAME=rootSSH_CONNECTION=192.168.1.2 39183 192.168.1.10 22_=/usr/bin/envxbox:~#xbox:~# set | grep DISPLAY xbox:~#Is this caused by me using ssh or is this some sort of settings issuewith the machine?Please remember that there is no keyboard attached to an XBox. I haveto execute everything remotely or place it in a file onboard the machine.Thanks,MarkOn 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 listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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
Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad
Scott, That worked as far as results in the terminal: Password: Last login: Sat May 28 19:10:30 2005 from 192.168.1.2 xbox:~# su - live [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ export DISPLAY=:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset -dpms [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I will not know if the screen is working until tomorrow when I can phone the location unless they notice and happen to send me an email. Thanks! - Mark On 5/28/05, Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try this.. su - live export DISPLAY=:0 xset -dpms -Scott On 5/28/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
