[mythtv-users] Screen blanking when using mplayer for videos

[Andreas Schlehahn]

Am Samstag 25 April 2009 16:52:06 schrieb Nick Rout:
> Using a frontend only machine with J-Y Avenard's patched mythbuntu to
> make use of vdpau. When I use mplayer as my video player it blanks the
> screen approx every 15 minutes and some poor sod has to get up and hit
> the keyboard to bring the pic back. Needless to say FamilyAF is low.
>
> I have disabled gnome-screensaver as I saw recommended somewhere with:
>
> sudo chmod a-x /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver
>
> (There didn't seem to be any other way to disable it).

you can try gnome-screensaver-command --exit to shut it off for good.

> Is there a sure-fire way to stop this happening? If the screensaver is
> not doing it, what is?

On my myth frontend, I also had to disable X's powersave settings.
Try man xset to see all the options.

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Gruß
Andreas