[mythtv-users] OT: Power off monitor on X login screen

[Mike Brown]

i know this sounds like a very simple and stupid idea....but unplug it from 
the FC3 box....if the system is stable and doesnt need any user 
intervention...just let it run with power, cable tv, and ethernet running to 
it
Mike

On 4/21/05, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is a bit of a tricky problem; and hard to search for.
> 
> I have a slave backend running the standard Fedora Core 3 install. It
> shares an LCD monitor with an XBox (D-Sub). The backend is hooked up
> via DVI. The LCD monitor is a BenQ monitor that auto-detects the
> signal and switches to the input to DVI or D-Sub depending on which
> one is sending a signal.
> 
> Frequently, I will turn on the backend end/DVI just so that its
> recorder is available while I play XBox. Thus, the screen is
> displaying the Fedora/X login screen. After a few minute, the screen
> saver kicks in, but it only blanks the screen and doesn't turn the
> monitor off.
> 
> Now, I manually switch back to the XBox (D-Sub) and play for a little
> bit. But the when the XBox is reset (or switches video modes), it
> usually blanks the screen and then the LCD monitor reverts back to the
> DVI input. Unforunately, almost all of the time I want the LCD to
> stay on the D-Sub/XBox.
> 
> How do I get Fedora Core 3's X login screen to send no signal to the
> monitor? It's gotta be one of the power saving features; but I tried
> setting the power manangement/screen saver properties for the 'root'
> Desktop account via the control center, but I don't think those are
> the settings that apply to the login screen.
> 
> Thanks!
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