Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:49:55 -0700 From: Rares Vernica <rvernica@gmail.com> To: "Charles W. Ross" <cwr@core.cwross.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11: Primary monitor goes black randomly Message-ID: <CALQ9KxBSc9POdjSYqya4p2V-pJ1%2BFNhsAGd9UBqy=KbM-sP7OQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1468522467.1907388.666511625.19D92D2F@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <CALQ9KxAe9UmQkVGzLv=mGuL=hT6H7WSiAdtvABFjKop_z2ONgw@mail.gmail.com> <1468522467.1907388.666511625.19D92D2F@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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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 <cwr@core.cwross.com>
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
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