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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:40:25 +0100
From: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: Screen goes blank, but I don't want
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> Hi all!
> 
> There is a machine which display I want to keep showin' on all the time.
> It is the same when on X or console, the screen goes blank in around 20
> minutes.
> 
> kernel 2.4.10-2.4.18, debian woody, with all powermanagement turned off
> and not compiled in the kernel nor module, no apmd, acpid running, apm is
> turned off in the bios, happens with both vesafb and plain vga text
> console, too.
> 
> X is configured no to use DPMS, all blank params eq 0
> 
> It happens on several machines, any idea?

I think that console blanking is never completely turned off in kernel
config. It must be turned of using setterm (setterm -blank 0). Similar
for X. They blank the screen by default even without DPMS - use xset to
turn that off.

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                  				- Jan Hudec `Bulb' <bulb@ucw.cz>
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