[Kde-kiosk] stopping the blank screen

[Lon Gilbert]

That is what the problem is. And I can stop it by running...
 
xset -dpms
 
The powersaver configuration does nothing to control it. I have tried
to find someplace during the bootup to run that command and haven't
found the right spot yet. Something that runs after kicker is called is
making the dpms active. Where might I automate this command?
 
Lon

>>> thiago at kde.org 8/16/2005 9:29:50 AM >>>

Martijn Klingens wrote:
>On Tuesday 16 August 2005 16:48, Lon Gilbert wrote:
>> This may be an old question but it's new to me. My screen is
blanking
>> after about 3 minutes of the banner screen saver. I have tried
running
>> setterm -blank 0 but that doesn't seem to work. What does?
>
>This seems like a power management issue to me.
>
>(Assuming KDE 3.4, menus may be differently named in other versions:)
>Right click your desktop and select Properties. Go to the Display
module
> and to the Power Control tab. There you can select the values that
you
> want.

If it is, this shortcut will turn it off:
    xset -dpms

It won't turn off permanently, as it is turned back on by the X server

when restarting and by the KDE module. But it will help you find out if

this is the case.

xset q will also give you some information:
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 300    Suspend: 1200    Off: 1800
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is Off

If any of the times is 180s (3 minutes), you've found your culprit.


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