Re: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..

["Brian Ackermann" <brianj@subrad.com>]

Well, I looked into the BIOS, and it DID have a powersave mode enabled...

I've turned it off, and we'll see in 20 minutes or so if that solved my
problem...

I'm optimistic...

Thanks guys...

brian

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>From: Robert Sinland <rsinland@means.net>
>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..
>Date: Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 11:44 AM
>

>  Errm, this may sound stupid, but you may have overlooked something easy.
> Have you turned off all the power saving features in the BIOS setup?
> RS
>
> Brian Ackermann wrote:
>
>> Well, here is where we are now...
>>
>> On my two linux systems the following commands are executed...
>>
>> %setterm -blank 0
>> %setterm -powersave off
>>
>> On one machine, the commands work, as it has run for a full day now without
>> going blank.  On the other machine, the screen goes into
powersave...regardless
>> of the setterm commands I give it...Does anyone know how to get information
out
>> of setterm?  I know you can change the default values, but how can I see what
>> they are currently set to?  I've read the man page, and it says nothing...
>>
>> Thanks in Advance...
>>
>> Brian
>>
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