Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 07:22:07 -0500 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cannot get screen out of black/black mode... Message-ID: <20071104072207.1b41a334.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071104061418.GA28570@thought.org> References: <20071104061418.GA28570@thought.org>
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:14:18 -0800
Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote:
>
> Where do I set up the screen to never go blan? both in console
> (white on black) mode and in X? Every so often my video card
> driver (mga) remains blank after 10 to 15 minutes. And gets
> stuck in this mode. --FWIW, this did not happen in xorg-6.9--
> only in the 7.x versions. My hunch is to never let the screen
> blank. The screensaver does seem to work, tho.
Blanking in console mode is controlled by /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
blanktime="300" # blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off.
Put your override in /etc/rc.conf .
Xorg blanking can be set via "xset". To see your settings run
"xset q". If you run "xset" without arguments, you can get hints
on settings:
For screen-saver control:
s [timeout [cycle]] s default s on
s blank s noblank s off
s expose s noexpose
s activate s reset
For more detail, see "man xset".
You may also have some window manager screensaver mode to contend
with.
Also as a side, since you're using the xf86-video-mga driver, see
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=117726
HTH,
Randy
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