On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08:35:49AM +0100, Micha? `Salvador' J?czalik Jr wrote: > * Person DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> How can I prevent a semi-headless machine (no keyboard, but > >> occasionally has monitor) from blanking its screen and needing either > >> a keyboard plugged in, or a command executed via ssh that causes a > >> kernel error of some sort, to bring the display back up? Ie. what > >> config file do I need to edit to say "never blank the video output"? > > Section "ServerFlags" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 maybe? > > xset -dpms might also work (man xset; man XF86Config). > > And if it's not under Xserver, he should try ,,man setterm''. > [...] > [ -powersave [on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off] ] > [ -powerdown [0-60] ] > [ -blank [0-60] ] > [...]
setterm -blank 0 ... works! Cool! That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

