[mythtv-users] Myth Blanking screen when inactive

[Nick Morrott]

On 06/05/07, Lan Barnes <lan at falleagle.net> wrote:
> If I walk away from an inactive Myth box (MythDora 3.2), the next time I
> turn it on, the TV's screen is black until I hit a key. It never goes
> blank when it's outputing.
>
> I have disabled screen savers everywhere in settings and preferences. It
> still blanks.
>
> If I open an xterm and run "xset s noblank" as root, it seems to fix this.
> My problem is I don't know how to automate this. It has no effect as the
> last line of startx and, of course, is useless in rc.local.

I (along with many other users) have:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xset -dpms
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s off

in my frontend startup script. Have you tried putting the commands
there (adjust for your Xorg path)?

Nick
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