From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 14 19:49:56 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A6EB99EC7 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:49:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rvernica@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x22f.google.com (mail-qt0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CA1A1B00 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:49:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rvernica@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id j35so48394668qtj.2 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:49:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=hhS0aiwBathN8qtH7VyEOEb9VZMhdFNUgFygH6udz1s=; b=BzDoKNctaSf9uSHYSzEjJ+n4g0QjYtvWeCI+9XfhI2vs8N/X75nDRwuwbEPSZppmys QXQx8RiVwpViJgXSoSIQi0rUq5RwaWnffJMFWIPh/HqquIJQrgx+r3kq+dWeDUaKCsrl a7vmsWrwja8mdaGX/EikpFCHBbTdN8JWzLvJ+LbdruXUX3nevFlfzdYMl5UQJkXsWMYE Qt+uZt7+Cj8hYMrF2bKYEXMgGpCQg5cTx7BlVqFWG+KGlC74HLYm7o6lAkAuUvNzq5wN JO3JdHuuVlZQtF9MVP/JiS7AS+aG4J13YB2CVWp8jDDdZTNmOFqEdlR6ko3h9YlNwvEM 1H+w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=hhS0aiwBathN8qtH7VyEOEb9VZMhdFNUgFygH6udz1s=; b=jYijSFXHzBrTaufWUm+2GCk1h48g+zPuyubIrZBF1mTkCd2w+4Bb2eRTK5Om7eN+Qw dEXUn7WDfpVBnk48DeBPIwlTHXypxNaIVsfUK/J3L7zdRYVTv+9Jc+p1eWGCLSfiVOO4 5hEMMx8Mqxh2KLQsNcpNQRfpWzhh5qFYQGJITVt/Zm06jAzXeRz8azMJa1hv2nRKdIQ/ OHsooXIqYVhDdiFTT8JfC4NoUSqqoT8KE60/exROVA907CiCDJrRNI/45zOPZ/WLFGEe iSzBohu1hB9wIFljfd1HxK/ie/KyDtNf1UvtHwQhVod+MY3r6DcVPDNeFE8p6FiemnLF yq/g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLogHI2z96j7/GpYoJ3E2lUlpgFkwUL0Lx4SgQ3YbaAluo0fNDTmt3HOAOzZbwDHezXNdR7PsGduVswdg== X-Received: by 10.200.44.78 with SMTP id e14mr23221312qta.77.1468525795538; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:49:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.44.54 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:49:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1468522467.1907388.666511625.19D92D2F@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1468522467.1907388.666511625.19D92D2F@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Rares Vernica Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:49:55 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: x11: Primary monitor goes black randomly To: "Charles W. Ross" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:49:57 -0000 Thanks for the suggestions. I tried both, but they did not help. Here is what I have: > xset q Keyboard Control: auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002 XKB indicators: 00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: on 02: Scroll Lock: off 03: Shift Lock: off 04: Group 2: off 05: Mouse Keys: off auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 20 auto repeating keys: 00feffffdffffbbf fadfffffffdfe5ef ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 0 cycle: 600 Colors: default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff Font Path: /usr/local/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/local/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/local/share/fonts/OTF/,/usr/local/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/local/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/local/share/fonts/75dpi/,built-ins DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600 DPMS is Disabled Font cache: Server does not have the FontCache Extension Thanks! Rares On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Charles W. Ross wrote: > Try disabling the screen saver and/or DPMS (energy saver) via the xset > command. > > To see what your current settings are, type 'xset q' > > To disable DPMS, type 'xset -dpms' > > To disable the screen saver, type 'xset s off' > > Note: these settings will not persist after you quit your current > session or reboot the machine. > > Hope this gives you a starting point. > > Charlie > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016, at 12:28, Rares Vernica wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am using an HP Elitebook 2560p which has an integrated Intel video > > card. > > I use two external monitors, one connected on the DisplayPort as primary > > and one on the VGA port as secondary. I am not using the built-in > > display. > > > > I use x11 with xfce and the Intel driver. It all works fine, except that > > the the primary monitor (on the DisplayPort) goes black at random times. > > Once black, the monitor reports no signal and goes on stand by. It does > > not > > resume working if I move the mouse or type on the keyboard. One way I > > managed to recover it is to turn the display off with xrandr and then > > back > > on. > > > > I reported a bug on FreeBSD but I wonder if there are other things I can > > try or other workarounds less intrusive than the xrandr off/on one that I > > am using. See here for the bug report, log output, and version info: > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210929 > > > > Thanks! > > Rares > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >