From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 23 09:24:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD6C16A403 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE00213C442 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so547743ana for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:24:09 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=h9Gh0vZ1yVofh5jjshL70kQRvBlVCpr8FSrp0nlLSxz85qN2+M/+LefMnDn2i8bfyJ/ky6XMTkLlzhuUlEjwor4scbaYrK5Y2snhSIDgk7MpSEiuI9G4QYW5lcca2M79wRp51iLHTRwmj76bnhzv9YSW1oANF937tKQ7DgQdU3Q= Received: by 10.78.97.7 with SMTP id u7mr207271hub.1169544248341; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:24:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.164.20 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:24:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:24:03 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Sender: infofarmer@gmail.com To: "Zhang Weiwu" In-Reply-To: <1169542022.6177.7.camel@bossdog.realss.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1169542022.6177.7.camel@bossdog.realss.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: e57b0624d6f9b724 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop screen always shutdown if no keyboard interaction for several minutes 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: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:24:10 -0000 On 1/23/07, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Hello. I tried various ways to stop the laptop screen from being > shutting down, as I use this screen to watch debug message of an > application I am working on, I need monitor always on, no screensaver, > no blank, no dpms etc. > > I cannot do it. I have tried: > 1. set blanktime to "NO" in /etc/rc.conf > 2. set saver to "NO" in /etc/rc.conf > 3. start X server and run a terminal in it, run xset -dpms > 4. check laptop BIOS setting (there is no setting for automatic > blank time > > I have not tried: > I. remove 'apm' from kernel (I didn't compile ACPI into kernel > because this is an old notebook I am not sure if ACPI works, but > I have compiled apm in kernel, which is not shown in dmesg and > doesn't seem to work, e.g. 'shutdown -p' do not turn off the > power) > II. install Windows on the same computer to see if Windows can keep > the monitor on. > III. boot the system to FreeDOS and see if monitor keep turned up (to > decide if LCD is turned off by hardware or software) > > Any suggestions? Try playing a movie with mplayer, it keeps the display on by default, I'm not sure how, but if it can than there's a way.