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rhomp2002

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Strange behavior of the monitor after latest update (solved)

The new kernel seems to be working well except for one thing and I am not sure where the blame lies.  About once every 4 or 5 hours, the monitor screen goes blank.  If I hit any key it comes right back with nothing lost.  Minor thing but kind of irritating.  It did not do this with kernel 2.6.29 but it has started doing this since I updated to 2.6.30.  As I said, not a biggie but it is irritating as it should not be happening.  I don't know if there is a mismatch with my GPU (NVIDIA 9600GT) or if the difference lies within the kernel itself.

FInally it worked out right.  Thanks all for the suggestions.  Just had to give them time to work through.

Last edited by rhomp2002 (2009-08-05 03:04:25)

arkham

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Registered: 2008-10-26

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Re: Strange behavior of the monitor after latest update (solved)

Try setting in you xorg.conf "ServerFlags" section the flags:

    Option              "BlankTime" "0"
    Option              "StandByTime" "0"
    Option              "SuspendTime" "0"

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rhomp2002

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: Strange behavior of the monitor after latest update (solved)

Change made.  For some reason there was no ServerFlags section in the generated xorg.conf.  I added it and then added these options to it.  We shall see if this stops the blanking of the screen.  I hope so.

Thanks for the idea.

rhomp2002

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: Strange behavior of the monitor after latest update (solved)

Happened one more time after the change.  I will keep checking to see if it happens more times.  The one should not have happened so it is not completely solved yet.

arkham

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Re: Strange behavior of the monitor after latest update (solved)

See also xscreensave options or your DE's screensaver options

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