[mythtv-users] Screen goes blank, argh tried everything

[Kevin Kuphal]

Dan Robinson wrote:

>Guys,
>
>Help please.  I've followed Jarod's settings to ensure the
>screen-saver doesn't kick-in, so rc.local contains the following
>lines.  I've also entered them in xterm to ensure they are definately
>loaded.
>
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xset -dpms
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s off
>
>I've also double checked my screen-saver settings to ensure it's not
>enabled, but I'm still getting a blank screen every 20-30 minutes
>which can be reactivated by pressing a remote key, but then I'm also
>seeing the screen totally blank such that the TV thinks the input
>signal is lost and pops up the channel id on screen.
>
>This latter behaviour requires me to press a keyboard key to
>reactivate the display and occurs usually 40-60 minute into viewing. 
>Note, this seems to occur regardless of what I'm doing through Myth
>(DVD, TV, Music, ...).
>
>Any ideas anyone please, the WAF is getting killed on this one.
>  
>
Do you have screen blanking enabled in your BIOS?

Kevin