Remember if you're calling 'startx' instead of 'X', you need to give a double minus '--' before you add any arguments. E.g.
Startx -- -dpms (etc.) John Snowdon - IT Support Specialist -==========================================- Faculty of Medical Sciences Computing Dept School of Medical Education Development University of Newcastle -----Original Message----- From: Richard van Paasen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 October 2003 22:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Booting into freevo arguments "-dpms s off" for X did the trick. Richard van Paasen wrote: > Hi, > > This is probably a stupid question, but how do I disable the screen > blanker of X? > I boot into X and freevo (without windowmanager). In the xinitrc I have: > > #!/bin/sh > # > xset -dpms > xset s off > sudo -H -u freevo sh -c "cd ~/freevo;./freevo" > halt > # > > The sudo part runs the binary version of freevo as it's own user. > But, the screen blanker still jumps in after a few minutes :-( > > - Richard > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
