Hi, I have tried this on my Beagle Bone Black, but it doesn't work. I'm assuming it's because I'm not using the HDMI port. Instead I'm using 4D Systems 4DCape-43 Touchscreen. Do you have any advice or ideas on how to get this to work?
On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:10:26 PM UTC-5, cody wrote: > > 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, <jimmyj...@gmail.com <javascript:>>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 beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
