2011/2/5 Michel Hoogervorst <mic...@highking.nl>:
> Hi,
> I build myself a fresh new Freevo box, with on-board HDMI which will be used
> to connect te box to the TV. All works fine, but somehow I can't figure out
> how to disable DPMS.
> When playing video, somehow the screen stays on. My guess is that
> Freevo temporarily disables DPMS when playing video(?). When playing music
> however, after ten minutes the screen goes into power saving mode... and
> since the music is played over the same HDMI connection, all sound is
> instantly gone as well. Pretty annoying.
> In xorg.conf I deleted this line from the device section:
> Option "DPMS"
> But without any luck. The Xorg.0.log still says it is enabled. I added the
> line back in like this:
> Option "DPMS" "False"
> Now Xorg.0.log only says the module is loaded, but not that it is enabled.
> I added this to "ServerFlags":
> Option "NoPM" "True"
> Again... no luck.
Maybe this will work for you.
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "0"
Option "SuspendTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection
Also try adding the
Option "DPMS" "False"
line to your monitor section
> I added a simple script with only this to be loaded with freevo:
> xset -dpms
> But still the screen blanks after 10 minutes...
> Looking a bit further in the Xorg.0.log I found that it complained not to
> have a monitor-section for HDMI1. So, I opened xorg.conf, changed the
> identifier of the monitor from "monitor1" to "HDMI1" and added the "DMPS"
> "False" line. Now Xorg.0.log says "Output HDMI1 using monitor section HDMI1"
> and says DPMS is loaded but not enabled... and again, blank screen after 10
> minutes... *sigh*
> can anyone please tell me how to disable DPMS completely? I don't want it at
> all on my Freevo box. The machine is running Mandriva 2010.2 with Freevo
> 1.9.0.
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Michel
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