[mythtv-users] Ubuntu-mythtv-frontend turns off the screen

[Joacim J]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 27/10/2008, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Brad DerManouelian
> > <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 26/10/2008, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> Hello,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I have started to use the package "ubuntu-mythtv-frontend" and it
> > > > >> works very
> > > > >> smooth but have one small issue. When the frontend is idle (just
> > > > >> showing the
> > > > >> menus) the screen are turned off. How can I adjust that?
> > > > >
> > > > > You probably want to disable DPMS for your display and your X
> > > > > screensaver using xset.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, screensaver stuff. Since you're running ubuntu, you need to
> > > > uninstall gnome-screensaver and install xscreensaver instead. That's
> > > > the one MythTV works with.
> > > >
> > > > -Brad
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Sorry for being a bit unclear...but it can very well be the screensaver
> > stuff. I will test tomorrow.
> > >
> >
> > Sorry but it didn't work.
> >  Could it be the power management? That it shuts off the screen after a
> > certain time?
> > Since the mythtv user gets a special account I don't have a normal
> desktop
> > and not sure now to change it via command.
>
> Try
>
> $ xset -dpms
> $ xset s off
>
> before running mythfrontend
>
> --
> Nick Morrott
>

That seems to do the trick.

I have put the lines in /home/mythtv/.mythtv/session

Thanks!

-- 
Regards
Joacim
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