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



Please...keep beating....anything helps...I'll try recompiling the kernel,
though I'm pretty sure that I did not include that in the original kernel
I compiled....but its one more thing to try....

Brian

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>From: "Schoenhofen, Kelly" <KSchoenhofen@Carlson.com>
>To: "'tclug-list@mn-linux.org'" <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>Subject: RE: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..
>Date: Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 1:33 PM
>

> Not to beat on the dead horse somemore, but can you try compiling your
> kernel with no power saving support?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Ackermann [mailto:brianj@subrad.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 1:29 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..
>
>
> Hrm....bad news....This is getting old...why cant I have only one problem at
> a
> time....eh?
>
> Anyhow...BIOS power management is disabled.
> I'm running setterm -blank 0 and setterm -powersave off in my rc.local
> script.
>
> I leave the box to eat lunch, come back, and....
>
> The machine is OFF!!!
>
> And I can guarantee that NOBODY entered the room....
>
> Whoa....the harder I try, the further behind I get....
>
> Thanks for the help...
>
> ----------
>>From: "Brian Ackermann" <brianj@subrad.com>
>>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..
>>Date: Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 11:50 AM
>>
>
>> 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
>>
>> ----------
>>>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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