[SOLVED] Monitor blanking after 10 minutes

tenlegger · 2010-07-31 09:58:09

I've got to the end of PART II of the excellent Beginners Guide but before I embark on the next part, I need to solve the issue of my monitor blanking after 10 minutes of inactivity. Please note that, at this stage, I do not have "X" installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Last edited by tenlegger (2010-08-01 06:36:58)

scarletxfi · 2010-07-31 10:05:31

sounds like an acpi issue.

could you please provide more info (for example what motherboard you are using)

also try this (if you don't want acpi) and see if it works:

add to the kernel line of your /boot/grub/menu.lst "acpi=off" so it will look like this (be sure NOT to change the sequence after /by-uuid/, just add "acpi=off" to the end)

kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/f1b2fc7e-fe9b-43b8-ace4-38a83cc27cb8 ro acpi=off

fsckd · 2010-07-31 10:19:30

man setterm

you should be able to press a key such as shift to unblank

Last edited by fsckd (2010-07-31 10:20:51)

karol · 2010-07-31 10:25:07

tenlegger wrote:

I've got to the end of PART II of the excellent Beginners Guide but before I embark on the next part, I need to solve the issue of my monitor blanking after 10 minutes of inactivity. Please note that, at this stage, I do not have "X" installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

That's the default behavior. If you don't like it (and want to install X), add

xset s off -dpms &

to your .xinitrc.

'man setterm' will guide you if you need it for the terminal. Check the '-blank' switch.
I've always used

setterm -blank 0

in my .bashrc.

*Don't* try to use and of the acpi=off stuff until you're sure that my advice didn't work.

archman-cro · 2010-07-31 10:27:37

tenlegger, just use something like 'xset s noblank s noexpose r rate 340 25 -dpms' in your startup script (autostart.sh for Openbox).
The 'noblank' and 'noexpose' plugs do the thing. Also read up on man xset!

@karol: Fast you are! ;D

Last edited by archman-cro (2010-07-31 10:28:26)

fsckd · 2010-07-31 10:29:30

Hey guys, didn't you notice the part where he says he does not have X installed?

bernarcher · 2010-07-31 11:18:45

Try this: Display Power Management Signaling

By the way, the wiki is your friend!

archman-cro · 2010-07-31 11:27:10

My bad, I've missed it.

scarletxfi · 2010-07-31 12:07:32

just by the way.
I had a similar problem and turning off acpi worked..(nothing else worked)

karol · 2010-07-31 12:07:39

fsckd wrote:

Hey guys, didn't you notice the part where he says he does not have X installed?

I understand that "Please note that, at this stage, I do not have "X" installed." means "atm I don't have X but maybe I will install it in the future" and therefore I provided solutions for .xinitrc and for .bashrc, because I don't know if setterm works in X.

scarletxfi wrote:

just by the way.
I had a similar problem and turning off acpi worked..(nothing else worked)

But that will also turn off many other things and may cause unforeseen consequences e.g. fans spinning constantly and stuck in high gear IIRC.

Last edited by karol (2010-07-31 12:09:36)

tenlegger · 2010-07-31 20:23:17

karol wrote:

tenlegger wrote:
I've got to the end of PART II of the excellent Beginners Guide but before I embark on the next part, I need to solve the issue of my monitor blanking after 10 minutes of inactivity. Please note that, at this stage, I do not have "X" installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
That's the default behavior. If you don't like it (and want to install X), add
xset s off -dpms &
to your .xinitrc.
'man setterm' will guide you if you need it for the terminal. Check the '-blank' switch.
I've always used
setterm -blank 0
in my .bashrc.

*Don't* try to use and of the acpi=off stuff until you're sure that my advice didn't work.

As I don't yet have "X" installed, I've tried your .bashrc tweak and it's had the desired effect.
When I get around to installing "X", will I need your .xinitrc tweak in addition to the .bashrc tweak.

Many thanks to you and everybody else for your suggestions and help

Regards .....

archman-cro · 2010-07-31 21:11:16

You can edit the first post now and put "[SOLVED]" in front of the topic name.

tenlegger · 2010-08-01 06:37:43

Done!

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