From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 18:58:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04762106566C for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF3E88FC1B for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:58:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so165085qwe.7 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:58:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EJ6XftzA8Ew4EfLEGWtf3eZvFmL5rDMmLGS4goEJ5W8=; b=vwBcvc17eLuV2D7iRjn66p9TTeF5g7NpEikmXXgP+J9gZHS0SBXi6M1Xd5hF220ecf 9ZlH93xkUepub6lCbsRVsbuHHtV+FaDwKY+YDRnZDPWQ/LjQmxu2zGfoGxfW6VoMKiie NUKl3gFhga1xZjkKHroC08/3avqNVyBAOeoA4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=D67qun1+J6IpwLy7eq1eqMZmFZE37SevzvO8GlLSGaYXBAVeO1ZGApIbXoyHACJTP3 GyHJKbhw/srVY4Ee+sbIUNcrSKKuxy8FqVhFw1p6lO8gab+iYiRzzb77I8v/a6YWOQko Zjf9D2jLXap87rfwn3RGBXqN6Kyrtv63519dQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.60.70 with SMTP id o6mr767322qah.280.1235586817149; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:33:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A57657.5090506@gmail.com> References: <49A57657.5090506@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:33:37 +0100 Message-ID: <7daacbbe0902251033x1bdc7220v75c6c644d757c931@mail.gmail.com> From: Dominique Goncalves To: Brent Clark Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: X to not blank screen or switch off monitor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:58:02 -0000 Hi, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Brent Clark wrote: > Hiya > > I got a very minimalistic installation of FreeBSD, so much so that I login > on console and just run startx and im presented with twm. > > 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. > > Ive run > > xset s noblank && vbetool dpms on > > I even set blanktime="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. > > And yet after a period in time of idleness my monitor goes off. I've done a similar setup, add in your xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" [...] Option "blank time" "0" Option "standby time" "0" Option "suspend time" "0" Option "off time" "0" EndSection Section "Monitor" [...] Option "DPMS" EndSection So far it works with xorg 7.4 HTH > If anyone can help me understand or achieve my objective, i would be most > grateful. > > Kind Regards > Brent Clark > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Regards. -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."