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

[Scott Rowe]

try this..
 su - live
export DISPLAY=:0
xset -dpms
 -Scott

 On 5/28/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> 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 <http://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 <http://192.168.1.2> 39183 192.168.1.10<http://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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