Does anyone know how to stop my monitor from blacking out?

darweth · 2007-04-09 14:20:55

I am getting annoyed that my monitor keeps blacking out on IDLE! Ahh! It does not sleep or power off, I suppose. Just goes black and then comes back alive on a mouse move. This is a desktop.

Here is what I have set off:
Power Management Preferencess in System Menu = Sleep is set to NEVER

in gconf-editor for gnome-power-manager:
ac_dpms_sleep_method: off
ac_sleep_display: 0
dim_on_idle: UNCHECKED

in xorg:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        Option       "NODPMS"

haha. how do i stop this damn blacking out?!?!? Thanks.

(i was able to disable it in Ubuntu with similar steps, although I only think it 'slept' on that distro. Not blacked out)

Last edited by darweth (2007-04-09 14:25:07)

darweth · 2007-04-09 15:15:40

This is my xorg. Please help me stop the 10 minute blanktime!

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "BlankTime" "0"
        Option "StandbyTime" "0"
        Option "SuspendTime" "0"
        Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        Option       "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
        Option      "NoLogo" "true"
        Option      "TripleBuffer" "True"
        Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Shaika-Dzari · 2007-04-09 15:33:47

Try to add this at the end of your xorg.conf:

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "blank time" "0"
    Option        "standby time" "0"
    Option        "suspend time" "0"
    Option        "off time" "0"
EndSection

@+

darweth · 2007-04-09 15:52:39

Actually... I just found out how much of an idiot n00b that I am. I did not realize I should restart X for the new settings to take place. My xorg is working now. Slap me!!!

Arch Linux

#1 2007-04-09 14:20:55

Does anyone know how to stop my monitor from blacking out?

#2 2007-04-09 15:15:40

Re: Does anyone know how to stop my monitor from blacking out?

#3 2007-04-09 15:33:47

Re: Does anyone know how to stop my monitor from blacking out?

#4 2007-04-09 15:52:39

Re: Does anyone know how to stop my monitor from blacking out?

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