From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 12:44:09 2007 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 5242516A41A for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:44:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-unix@embarqmail.com) Received: from mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com [208.47.184.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DAA13C4B8 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:44:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-unix@embarqmail.com) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=GqvCcSFE6wvpDUzPr2oA:9 a=c-LMYk7uz0QdjfxH1soA:7 a=FXXNyrLsIvCoNcSawUpGh9DQAa8A:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp07.embarq.synacor.com smtp.mail=bsd-unix@embarqmail.com; spf=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp07.embarq.synacor.com smtp.user=rpratt1950@embarqmail.com; auth=pass (LOGIN) Received-SPF: neutral (smtp07.embarq.synacor.com: 76.6.194.183 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of embarqmail.com) Received: from [76.6.194.183] ([76.6.194.183:63461] helo=kt.weeeble.com) by mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.1.21 r(19176)) with ESMTPA id CB/D4-07884-079BD274; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:22:09 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 07:22:07 -0500 From: Randy Pratt To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20071104072207.1b41a334.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071104061418.GA28570@thought.org> References: <20071104061418.GA28570@thought.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: cannot get screen out of black/black mode... 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: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:44:09 -0000 On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:14:18 -0800 Gary Kline 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 --