[mythtv-users] dpms stops working after a while

Yan Seiner yan at seiner.com
Sat Nov 15 02:13:17 UTC 2008


Pat Pierce wrote:
>
>
> ISTR trying the xset command before without effect.
> However, the next time it happens, I'll give it a whirl,
> and if it works, then a nightly cron job is in order.
I don't think a cronjob would have access to the display.  Perhaps you 
ought to start a job in the background when you log in????

#!/bin/bash
xset dpms 5 5 5
sleep 600
exec $0

--Yan


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