[Nelug] Someone, somewhere knows the solution to this...

[Martin Ward]

On Friday 27 Aug 2004 7:35 pm, Peter.Holmes at fopet-esl.com wrote:
> Hi all. Have this small problem and as a relative newcomer to LINUX it's a
> bit of a poser. I cannot disable the Xterm screen blanker in a script file
> but I can if I enter commands manually.  Here's the griff:
>
> MDK 9.2 running xterm in F7 console on LCD touch screen.
>
> screen blanks after 10 minutes.
>
> .xinitrc
> /usr/bin/mozilla -P almeter /var/www/html/gui.swf &
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm s off

Should this line be "xset s off"?

> Have checked for X11:
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> and the options: StandbyTime, SuspendTime, OffTime and DPMS.
> None are apparent.
>
> APM is not enabled in kernel.
> BIOS power management disabled.
> There is no window manager.
>
> Have also tried:
> setterm -blank 0
>
> I have also tried delays in .xinitrc in case another console is
> resetting blanking after mozilla (& X-Window) have loaded.
>
> However, if I kill mozilla and type..
>
> ]# xset s off
> ]# /usr/bin/mozilla -P almeter /var/www/html/gui.swf
>
> .. screen blanking is disabled.
>
> What the $£*!! am I not doing? Or doing what I shouldn't?
> Any help appreciated
>
> Peter H.
>
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			Martin

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