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Date:      Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:34:56 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Brent Clark <brentgclarklist@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: X to not blank screen or switch off monitor
Message-ID:  <20090225193456.75b93fe5.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <49A57657.5090506@gmail.com>
References:  <49A57657.5090506@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:48:23 +0200, Brent Clark <brentgclarklist@gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem I seem to face is that I cant get X and / or freebsd to not 
> blank the screen and / or switch off the monitor.

Sounds like you need to add

	Section "Monitor"
	        Option          "DPMS"          "false"
	EndSection

respectively.



> Ive run
> 
> xset s noblank && vbetool dpms on

In my ~/.xinitrc, I have these

	xset s off &
	xset -dpms &

to prevent blank / monitor off (suspend DPMS).



> I even set blanktime="NO" in /etc/rc.conf.

This is for the text mode consoles only. You can add

	saver="NO"

do your /etc/rc.conf, but I think it's already a default
value (check /etc/defaults/rc.conf).





-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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