Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:24:03 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: "Zhang Weiwu" <zhangweiwu@realss.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop screen always shutdown if no keyboard interaction for several minutes Message-ID: <cb5206420701230124h72aa76f3w7ee226c546608e23@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1169542022.6177.7.camel@bossdog.realss.com> References: <1169542022.6177.7.camel@bossdog.realss.com>
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On 1/23/07, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@realss.com> wrote: > Hello. I tried various ways to stop the laptop screen from being > shutting down, as I use this screen to watch debug message of an > application I am working on, I need monitor always on, no screensaver, > no blank, no dpms etc. > > I cannot do it. I have tried: > 1. set blanktime to "NO" in /etc/rc.conf > 2. set saver to "NO" in /etc/rc.conf > 3. start X server and run a terminal in it, run xset -dpms > 4. check laptop BIOS setting (there is no setting for automatic > blank time > > I have not tried: > I. remove 'apm' from kernel (I didn't compile ACPI into kernel > because this is an old notebook I am not sure if ACPI works, but > I have compiled apm in kernel, which is not shown in dmesg and > doesn't seem to work, e.g. 'shutdown -p' do not turn off the > power) > II. install Windows on the same computer to see if Windows can keep > the monitor on. > III. boot the system to FreeDOS and see if monitor keep turned up (to > decide if LCD is turned off by hardware or software) > > Any suggestions? Try playing a movie with mplayer, it keeps the display on by default, I'm not sure how, but if it can than there's a way.
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