<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Nick Morrott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On 27/10/2008, Joacim J <<a href="mailto:jocke4news@gmail.com">jocke4news@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Joacim J <<a href="mailto:jocke4news@gmail.com">jocke4news@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Brad DerManouelian<br>
> <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > On 26/10/2008, Joacim J <<a href="mailto:jocke4news@gmail.com">jocke4news@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > >> Hello,<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> I have started to use the package "ubuntu-mythtv-frontend" and it<br>
> > > >> works very<br>
> > > >> smooth but have one small issue. When the frontend is idle (just<br>
> > > >> showing the<br>
> > > >> menus) the screen are turned off. How can I adjust that?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > You probably want to disable DPMS for your display and your X<br>
> > > > screensaver using xset.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Oh, screensaver stuff. Since you're running ubuntu, you need to<br>
> > > uninstall gnome-screensaver and install xscreensaver instead. That's<br>
> > > the one MythTV works with.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > -Brad<br>
> ><br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> > Thanks!<br>
> ><br>
> > Sorry for being a bit unclear...but it can very well be the screensaver<br>
> stuff. I will test tomorrow.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Sorry but it didn't work.<br>
> Could it be the power management? That it shuts off the screen after a<br>
> certain time?<br>
> Since the mythtv user gets a special account I don't have a normal desktop<br>
> and not sure now to change it via command.<br>
<br>
</div>Try<br>
<br>
$ xset -dpms<br>
$ xset s off<br>
<br>
before running mythfrontend<br>
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--<br>
Nick Morrott<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br>That seems to do the trick.<br><br>I have put the lines in /home/mythtv/.mythtv/session <br><br>Thanks!<br></div></div><br>-- <br>Regards<br>Joacim<br>