[mythtv-users] Ubuntu-mythtv-frontend turns off the screen

[Nick Morrott]

On 27/10/2008, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Brad DerManouelian
> <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 26/10/2008, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Hello,
> > > >>
> > > >> I have started to use the package "ubuntu-mythtv-frontend" and it
> > > >> works very
> > > >> smooth but have one small issue. When the frontend is idle (just
> > > >> showing the
> > > >> menus) the screen are turned off. How can I adjust that?
> > > >
> > > > You probably want to disable DPMS for your display and your X
> > > > screensaver using xset.
> > >
> > > Oh, screensaver stuff. Since you're running ubuntu, you need to
> > > uninstall gnome-screensaver and install xscreensaver instead. That's
> > > the one MythTV works with.
> > >
> > > -Brad
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sorry for being a bit unclear...but it can very well be the screensaver
> stuff. I will test tomorrow.
> >
>
> Sorry but it didn't work.
>  Could it be the power management? That it shuts off the screen after a
> certain time?
> Since the mythtv user gets a special account I don't have a normal desktop
> and not sure now to change it via command.

Try

$ xset -dpms
$ xset s off

before running mythfrontend

-- 
Nick Morrott

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