Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:35:35 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to turn off screen blanking Message-ID: <4E4420F7.6080709@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkdf6tywPRf5O%2BdtSDATq8zvuQ7bmfWKmKvT4oSeUEDJQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkdf6tywPRf5O%2BdtSDATq8zvuQ7bmfWKmKvT4oSeUEDJQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have a kiosk system I am almost done building and the last snag is > attempting to make it so idle time (no keyboard or mouse attached) does not > blank the screen. I have already tried the following: > > vidcontrol -S off > disabling acpi and apmd from the kernel config > enabling dpms via the kernel config and then running xset -dpms > > Any other ideas? > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Aloha Aryeh, In my shed the three generic servers are headless and all will show video on demand using a kvm switch. I had to set the bios show no errors on the boxes to make this work. There are not new by any means but may give you an idea what to try. I believe these are hardware settings. - ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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