Try this, and let me know if it works. ************************** Prevent Monitor Sleep ************************** Add the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf then reboot.
Section "ServerFlags" Option "BlankTime" "0" Option "StandbyTime" "0" Option "SuspendTime" "0" Option "OffTime" "0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Option "DPMS" Identifier "Builtin Default Monitor" EndSection On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:40:26 PM UTC-4, Don Miller wrote: >> >> >> There is some FAQ stuff related to this (link below). If you try it, >> could you report back? This was an issue for me a month or so ago, but I >> moved on to other things and have not had a chance to play with this. >> >> http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone_ >> Black_FAQ#Is_there_a_way_to_prevent_my_HDMI_monitor_from_ >> sleeping_while_using_my_BBB.3F >> >> Thanks, >> Don >> > > > I too need to have the HDMI output not blank out, and am having problems. > Using the link that you provided, I did the following: > > - I went to */media/BEAGLEBONE* where */dev/mmcblk0p1* was mounted. > - I edited *uEnv.txt* changing it from: > *optargs=quiet drm.debug=7* > to > *optargs=quiet drm.debug=7 consoleblank=0* > > then rebooted the system. To my dismay, after ten minutes, the HDMI > output still blanked out. > *(I also tried adding consoleblank=0 with double quotes around it as shown > in the provided link, but no luck.)* > > > I did discover that the other part of information from that link does work. > > When SSHed into the BBB, issuing this command: > * echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank * > does take turn the HDMI output back on. > > > Did I do something wrong with that consoleblank=0 line in uEnv.txt? I > also tried adding it to the uEnv.txt file in the /boot partition. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
