[mythtv-users] inactive video blank with dpms off & screensaver off

[Nick Bartos]

It looks like the solution was to add:

Option "blank time" "0"

to the ServerFlags section in XF86Config.  I am guessing that some window
managers set override when they startup somehow, and I only have a problem
since I am not running one.


> I am starting to get ticked on this one.
>
> I have power management disabled in BIOS, and have disabled dpms and the
> screensaver, but I still get a blank screen after several minutes of
> inactivity.  I can hit something on the keyboard (which myth does react to
> BTW), and the screen will come back.  When the screen is blanked, my
> remote does nothing (it is attached on the serial port).
>
> I have tried playing around with everything I can think of, but no go.  It
> seems similar to the way the screen blanks without X running at all (I'm
> not sure what prog does it, maybe login), so I was thinking it may be
> somehow related, but I don't know how to shut that off.
>
> I am running the frontend with this script started at the end of inittab:
>
> cat /root/startmyth
> #!/bin/bash
>
> # start mythfrontend via X
>
> export PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> export HOME=/root
> /root/setup-tuners.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
> #startx > /dev/null 2>&1
> exec xinit > /dev/null 2>&1
>
>
> also this may be relevant:
> cat /root/.xinitrc
> #twm &
> xset -dpms s off
> mythfrontend > /tmp/myth.log 2>&1
> xset -dpms s off
>
> Ideas?
>
>
>
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