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

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

Hrm....thats a possibility...The "Bad" box is a new Trinitron 17" ...

You think that the monitor itself blanks out? Without video card interference?

That would be interesting....

I guess I can try it...

Thanks for the thought...

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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, 4:09 PM
>

> Maybe your monitor is autoblanking as well?
>
> Try switching monitors with the "good" box.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Ackermann [mailto:brianj@subrad.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 3:42 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..
>
>
> GARGH!!!
>
> Ok....
>
> 1) setterm -blank 0
> 2) setterm -powersave off
> 3) disable BIOS power management
> 4) disable APM support in kernel
>
> =====
>
> The flaming thing STILL blanks the screen.....
> At least now its not killing the keyboard or shutting down unmanned...
>
> This is a wierd one...especiall since it works perfectly on my other box....
>
> ----------
>>From: "Brian Ackermann" <brianj@subrad.com>
>>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8788] Screen Blank Problems..
>>Date: Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 1:43 PM
>>
>
>> 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
>>
>> ----------
>>>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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