[mythtv-users] Help me disable screen blanking in FC7

[James Fidell]

Jason McMillon wrote:

>> Thanks for the suggestion...
>> The following seems to be working for me:
>> /usr/bin/xset s off
>> /usr/bin/xset -dpms
>>
>> I think when I installed xinetd it overwrote my default settings, and
>> for some reason
>> my perform on login script isn't working.  I am going to drop the
>> above in my rc.local file and see if works on reboots.
>>
>> Thanks for the help!!
>> Jason
>>
> Well, neither the rc.local or the above recommendation worked.  The
> only thing that works is:
> /usr/bin/xset s off
> /usr/bin/xset -dpms
> 
> Any ideas how to correct.  I am fairly sure it's xinetd doing this.
> My start up script is located in /home/mythtv/.kde/Autostart/ and
> includes the above but does not seem to work...

rc.local isn't likely to work in this case as it gets executed outside
the X environment.  I *believe* though, that starting up the window
manager (kde/gnome/whatever) turning off the screensaver should be the
equivalent of "xset s off".

DPMS still appears to be an issue for me though.  The nvidia drivers
(which I'm using) used to support a "NoDPMS" option but that appears to
have been dropped somewhere along the line.  I'll try adding the dpms
line above to my gnome startup config and see what happens then.

James