Turning off power save

[Guest boonders]

While watching TV...my screen keeps blacking out, but I have power save turned off in KDE and in my BIOS, so I'm lost where I need to turn it off next

 

Thanks!

 

Dane

[aru]

... for example, you can look to your XF86Config file and checkout the options: "BlankTime", "StandbyTime", "SuspendTime", and "OffTime". Take a look to the XF86Config(5x) man page to see which are their default values. Notice that those options might not appear in the XF86Config file, but X will behave following their defaults.

 

good news are that you can change those settings "on the fly" using xset(1)

[Guest boonders]

no luck, the man page didn't have anything about those options. Do you have any suggestion on a google seach? i've tried "XFree86 power save" "X energy save" and assortments of each without any luck on info

[Guest boonders]

found it:

 

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:D_jMC...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

or:

#

 

You can turn on Monitor Powersaving features using xset. To turn them on type into a xterm: xset +dpms. Use a negative sign to turn them off.

 

To turn save monitor power right now type into a xterm:

# xset dpms force standby # Low Power, Fast Monitor Turn On

# xset dpms force suspend # Lower Power, Slower Monitor Turn On

# xset dpms force off # Turns Monitor Off, Takes about 45 seconds to turn back on.

 

Known Issues: Using No Video Driver, offb, etc. will cause X to die when issuing these commands. If your X Server doesn't support them, it will give you a X I/O error.

[aru]

no luck, the man page didn't have anything about those options.

:shock:

sorry, I had to do this :

[arusabal@localhost ~]$ man XF86Config

.......

Option "BlankTime"  "time"

             sets  the inactivity timeout for the blanking phase

             of the screensaver.  time is in minutes.   This  is

             equivalent  to  the  Xserver's  `-s'  flag, and the

             value can be  changed  at  run-time  with  xset(1).

             Default: 10 minutes.



      Option "StandbyTime"  "time"

             sets the inactivity timeout for the "standby" phase

             of DPMS mode.  time is in minutes,  and  the  value

             can  be changed at run-time with xset(1).  Default:

             20 minutes.  This is only suitable  for  VESA  DPMS

             compatible  monitors,  and  may not be supported by

             all video drivers.  It is only enabled for  screens

             that  have  the  "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR

             section below).



      Option "SuspendTime"  "time"

             sets the inactivity timeout for the "suspend" phase

             of  DPMS  mode.   time is in minutes, and the value

             can be changed at run-time with xset(1).   Default:

             30  minutes.   This  is only suitable for VESA DPMS

             compatible monitors, and may not  be  supported  by



             all  video drivers.  It is only enabled for screens

             that have the "DPMS" option set  (see  the  MONITOR

             section below).



      Option "OffTime"  "time"

             sets  the inactivity timeout for the "off" phase of

             DPMS mode.  time is in minutes, and the  value  can

             be  changed  at run-time with xset(1).  Default: 40

             minutes.  This is only suitable for VESA DPMS  com

             patible  monitors,  and may not be supported by all

             video drivers.  It is only enabled for screens that

             have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section

             below).

.......

No offense intended, but the options are there.

Anyhow, I'm glad to see that you find a way to do it with xset :D

[bvc]

I put the following in my .xinitrc. It turns everything off.

(sleep 10; xset s off s noblank dpms 0 0 0) &

The actual command is

 

xset s off s noblank dpms 0 0 0

 

-screensaver off

-screen/screensaver noblank

-power saving features off