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linux power managment

Dalin Bruns — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:25:42 GMT

I want to use a RH 7.2 box to continuously run a couple of monitoring programs. Problem is that the monitor turns blank after about 15 min. I have turned off screen saver, power management option in screen saver, and apmd. Also, disabled power management in BIOS of PC. Any ideas on how to keep the monitor display up at all times? Thanks,

Dalin

Re: linux power managment

Goran Koruga — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 20:04:47 GMT

Hi Dalin.

I guess you're talking about console screen saver :

setterm -blank 0

G.

Re: linux power managment

Sergejs Svitnevs — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:58:51 GMT

To disable the automatic console blanking, type "setterm -blank 0"
If that doesn't fix the problem, check you don't have any power saving
settings in your BIOS.

Also, if the machine is running X, there is a setting to tell the X server
to set the monitor to DPMS standby/suspend after a predetermined period of
inactivity, but that is off by default.

Type "xset q" to see if it's enabled.
(Last line should say "DPMS is Disabled" - if it's enabled, disable it
with "xset -dpms")

Regards,
Sergejs