[mythtv-users] MythTV - Xbox - Xebian - black screen - bad

[Mark Knecht]

John,
   I hesitated on this idea earlier as the DPMS line in the onfig file
seemed more permanant. Anyway, I'm shelled into the machine. It
doesn't like the display value apparently.

xbox:~# xset -dpms
xset:  unable to open display ""
xbox:~#

xbox:~# env
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
SSH_CLIENT=192.168.1.2 39183 22
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0
USER=root
MAIL=/var/mail/root
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
PWD=/root
PS1=\h:\w\$
SHLVL=1
HOME=/root
LS_OPTIONS=--color=auto
LOGNAME=root
SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.1.2 39183 192.168.1.10 22
_=/usr/bin/env
xbox:~#

xbox:~# set | grep DISPLAY
xbox:~#

Is this caused by me using ssh or is this some sort of settings issue
with the machine?

Please remember that there is no keyboard attached to an XBox. I have
to execute everything remotely or place it in a file onboard the
machine.

Thanks,
Mark


On 5/28/05, John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com> wrote:
> Mark,
> 
>    Without restarting X run the following command from a terminal:
> 
> xset -dpms
> 
> and then check to see if it goes black again. If not, then you need to
> place the command some place in the init scripts for X. I think you could
> place this command in a file named .xinitrc in the home directory of the
> user that logs in to X.
> 
> > Greg & John,
> >    So far the screen still goes black. Either it's not only DPMS or
> > I'm editing the wrong file.
> >
> >    I am not at all familiar with Debian configuration. I searched
> > around for XF86config files and found what looks about right in
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 which was a link pointing at XF86Config-4-xbox.
> > There was only a single screen definition so I commented out the DPMS
> > entry in that section and rebooted the machine. After about a half
> > hour I'm told that it went black again.
> >
> >    First, is this the righ file to edit for a Xebian/XBox install or
> > is there possibly some oter file I should be looking at?
> >
> >    Is there anyway to query X as to the state of DPMS while the system
> > is running to ensure it really got turned off?
> >
> >    Last, is there possibly some sort of black screensaver running
> > under Xebian that could be causing this? I do not see xscreensaver but
> > I do see something called /usr/X11R6/bin/xtdesk. None of my other
> > systems run that (in fact this Gentoo system doesn't even have it
> > installed) so I'm not clear what it does. man xtdesk does nothing.
> >
> > thanks for your help,
> > Mark
> >
> > On 5/28/05, Greg Mitchell <greg at nodecam.com> wrote:
> >> >    Question - we don't need any screensaver function on this Myth
> >> > frontend. We will just turn the TV off. What feature of either MythTV
> >> > or X is causing the screen to go black and how do I turn this off so
> >> > that the screen is always on when people turn on the TV?
> >>
> >> It's DPMS - you can disable it by commenting out the DPMS line in
> >> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
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