[mythtv-users] How to get rid of power save

Jayson Garrell kyi at kyi.sytes.net
Wed Jan 28 11:43:57 EST 2004


On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 08:20, Tobias Luetke wrote:
> How do i get rid of linux power save mode?
> 
> Since i switched back to geforce TVout from pvr350's i have the problem
> that the screen goes black after about 20 mins until i move the mouse.
> 
> I use xfce4 and even uninstalled xscreensaver.
> 
> I removed support for APM and power management from the kernel.
> 
> It looks like xine and mplayer prevent this from happening, but while 
> i'm watching something in myth.
> 

In your .xinitrc or what ever startup you use put 

xset s off

That will turn off blanking of the screen in X. 

Jayson Garrell



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