[mythtv-users] Tv losing display after about 2 hours (dpms?)
William Munson
william_munson at bellsouth.net
Thu Apr 19 10:58:56 UTC 2007
catfish wrote:
>
> What I've tried:
> - BIOS has all power management, dmps...etc off.
> - System->Preferences->More Preferences->Power Management->Running on
> AC, both set to Never
> - System->Preferences->Screensaver, active when idle disabled
>
> - I also have a myth-load.sh script that gnome runs on startup
> containing (some places says to use "-" some say "0" so I did both):
> #Disable dynamic power management (screen blanking)
> /usr/bin/xset -dpms
> /usr/bin/xset dpms 0
> #Disable screen saver
> /usr/bin/xset s 0
> /usr/bin/xset s noblank
> /usr/bin/xset s off
>
> - Xorg.conf has:
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "blank time" "0"
> Option "standby time" "0"
> Option "suspend time" "0"
> Option "off time" "0"
> EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
> # Option "dpms"
> Identifier "TV0"
> VendorName "RCA"
> ModelName "27V530T 27in TV"
> DisplaySize 203 153
> HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
> VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
> Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
> #Set 100DPI for MythTV GUI
> Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "MSI"
> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4200-TD"
> Option "NvAPG" "3"
> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
> Option "Overlay" "True"
> Option "NoLogo" "1"
> #TV Stuff
> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> Option "TVOverScan" "0.70"
> EndSection
>
> I don't have any other issues, opengl works fine, tv records and plays
> without shuddering...etc. Did I miss anything?
>
I do not see anything that would cause your problem but just to cover
the bases in xorg.conf try changing
#Option "dpms"
to
Option "dpms" "false"
Also check your motherboard bios to make sure there is nothing set in
bios that would force a sleep/hibernate state after inactivity.
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