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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