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

[Matt Vollmar]

Dan Robinson wrote:

>Good point, just checked and all power saving related features are
>disabled.  Except the following:
>
>Video Off Method = DPMS Support
>
>Description: This field defines "video off" features.  The DPMS
>support option permits the BIOS to control the video display if it
>supports the DPMS feature.  Blank Screen option blanks the screen; use
>blank screen option for monitors without power management of "green"
>features.  V/H SYNC+Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and
>horizontal scanning.
>
>However, all 3 options seem to want to cause some kind of blanking and
>I can't remember changing this option recently, but since my FC2
>upgrade this behaviour seems to be occuring.
>
>Does anyone else have an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo or at least an
>AwardBIOS with this feature?
>
>On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:41:47 -0600, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>Dan Robinson wrote:
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>>>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
>>
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You can also completely turn DPMS off in your xorg.conf/XF86Config 
file.  You will probably find an entry that says Option "DPMS".  Just 
comment that out, I think.

Matt