[mythtv-users] Can't turn off screen blanking

[Don]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:

>On Nov 26, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Don wrote:
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>>I've installed MythTv V-.20 on a Fedora Core 6 box, but cannot seem to
>>turn off the screen blanking feature.  After a few minutes of idle
>>display, the screen goes blank.  Using Jarod's guide, I have "xset
>>-dpms" included in the autostart script, but I don't think it's
>>working.  Running it manually, I get this error message:
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>>[mythtv at danson ~]$ xset -dpms
>>server does not have extension for -dpms option
>>[mythtv at danson ~]
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>>...but the man page for xset has the option.  Any clue on what I'm
>>missing?  Thanks,
>>
>>Don
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>>PS - screen saver is turned off and the kde claims that my system does
>>not support power saving.
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>I always turn the feature on and set it to Never go to sleep. 
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I had the same thought, and tried:

[mythtv at danson ~]$ xset +dpms
server does not have extension for +dpms option
[mythtv at danson ~]$

...but I can't turn it on either.  But it seems to be on by default.


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