I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?). It is damned annoying having the monitor turn itself off after 15 minutes or so of being unattended :-) Especially when watching the pretty visuals from various XMMS plugins. I've checked all the places I could think of, but can't find hide nor hair of it. cheers, BenE (Oh, using linuxfromscratch 4.0 BTW)
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:21:56PM +0000, BenEBoy wrote:
I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?). It is damned annoying having the monitor turn itself off after 15 minutes or so of being unattended :-) Especially when watching the pretty visuals from various XMMS plugins.
xset s off I think. If not then it'll be one of the other xset options. J. -- 101 things you can't have too much | Black Cat Networks Ltd of : 31 - Hot showers. | http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ | UK Web, domain and email hosting
On Monday 24 March 2003 22:24, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:21:56PM +0000, BenEBoy wrote:
I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?)
xset s off
I think. If not then it'll be one of the other xset options.
cheers, the man page suggests -dpms rather than 's', so I'll give that a try. Bloody linux, why can't everything be done with a GUI? *runs and hides, shouting 'only joking, only joking'*
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:43:30PM +0000, BenEBoy wrote:
Bloody linux, why can't everything be done with a GUI?
Funny, I frequently wonder why everything can't be done from a decent cli in other OSes. ;) J. -- /-\ | I pretend to work. They pretend to |@/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer | pay me. \- |
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:21:56 +0000 BenEBoy <mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?). It is damned annoying having the monitor turn itself off after 15 minutes or so of being unattended :-) Especially when watching the pretty visuals from various XMMS plugins.
I've checked all the places I could think of, but can't find hide nor hair of it.
On my system the settings are held in the file .xscreensaver in my home directory. You can edit this by hand or with the xscreensaver-demo. Steve.
On Monday 24 March 2003 22:36, Steve Fosdick wrote:
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:21:56 +0000
BenEBoy <mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?).
On my system the settings are held in the file .xscreensaver in my home directory. You can edit this by hand or with the xscreensaver-demo.
Thinking about it (and to add to my previous reply) it does the same thing when I haven't got X loaded, so I guess it could be someting else apart from messing with xset/.xscreensaver ? (or, more likely, in addition too) BenE
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:52:26 +0000 BenEBoy <mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
On Monday 24 March 2003 22:36, Steve Fosdick wrote:
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:21:56 +0000
BenEBoy <mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?).
On my system the settings are held in the file .xscreensaver in my home directory. You can edit this by hand or with the xscreensaver-demo.
Thinking about it (and to add to my previous reply) it does the same thing when I haven't got X loaded, so I guess it could be someting else apart from messing with xset/.xscreensaver ? (or, more likely, in addition too)
I would expect that, during the time X was running, any DPMS settings changed with xset or changed by xscreensaver would take precedence over whatever happens in normal console mode. I also don't know you could change it in console mode. Steve.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:54:10PM +0000, Steve Fosdick wrote:
I would expect that, during the time X was running, any DPMS settings changed with xset or changed by xscreensaver would take precedence over whatever happens in normal console mode.
I also don't know you could change it in console mode.
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One of the menu options on the monitor it's self... Regards, Paul. On Monday 24 March 2003 10:52 pm, BenEBoy wrote:
Thinking about it (and to add to my previous reply) it does the same thing when I haven't got X loaded, so I guess it could be someting else apart from messing with xset/.xscreensaver ? (or, more likely, in addition too)
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From: BenEBoy
I don't suppose anyone knows how to turn off the standby mode thingy in linux (heh, I'm well up to speed on my terminology aren't I?). It is damned annoying having the monitor turn itself off after 15 minutes or so of being unattended :-) Especially when watching the pretty visuals from various XMMS plugins.
I've checked all the places I could think of, but can't find hide nor hair of it.
I presume that you've switched APM on in the kernel? or not? I had a similar problem and it eventually turned out to be a BIOS option I'd overlooked, have you checked you BIOS power management setups? Keith ____________ The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound ruth. - Niels Bohr
On Tuesday 25 March 2003 10:31, Keith Watson wrote: <snip>
I presume that you've switched APM on in the kernel? or not?
I had a similar problem and it eventually turned out to be a BIOS option I'd overlooked, have you checked you BIOS power management setups?
It's all sorted now thanks (everyone). 'xset -dpms s off' did the trick. I can now watch my latest DVD purchase without the screen going blank. Freedom for Tooting, Citizen.
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