[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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