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

[Mark Knecht]

Scott,
   That worked as far as results in the terminal:

Password:
Last login: Sat May 28 19:10:30 2005 from 192.168.1.2
xbox:~# su - live
live at xbox:~$ export DISPLAY=:0
live at xbox:~$ xset -dpms
live at xbox:~$

I will not know if the screen is working until tomorrow when I can
phone the location unless they notice and happen to send me an email.

Thanks!

- Mark

On 5/28/05, Scott Rowe <lscottrowe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 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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