[ale] monitor blanking..

[Geoffrey]

I was using the 'xset' noted below, before getting your posting about 
setterm.  Rule #1, if it's working don't mess with it. :)


Chris Fowler wrote:
> Did setterm not help?
> 
> setterm -blank 0 should be the ticket.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:38, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>
>>>I had the same problem.  I fixed it in C in some software I've got
>>>running
>>
>>I'll keep the code, but I found a quicker, albiet lame solution.  I 
>>placed the following in cron and it runs every 5 minutes:
>>
>>xset dpms 0 0 0 s off
>>
>>
>>>/**
>>> *  
>>> * Function disables screen blnaking on the
>>> * VGA port
>>> *  
>>> */ 
>>>static void
>>>setBlank(void)
>>>{   
>>>    // Argument for ioctl()
>>>    //
>>>    // Subcode of 10 = Screen Blanking
>>>    // sel_mode of 0 = Off, 1 = On
>>>    char ioctlarg[2] = {10, 0};
>>>    char blank[] = "\033[9;0]";
>>>
>>>    
>>>    int fd; // FD for VGA
>>>
>>>    // Open a tty to gain access
>>>    fd = open("/dev/tty1", O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
>>>    
>>>    // Issue ioctl to turn blanking off
>>>    ioctl(fd, TIOCLINUX, &ioctlarg);
>>>
>>>    write(fd, blank, sizeof(blank));
>>>
>>>    // Close tty
>>>    close(fd);
>>>
>>>    return;
>>>
>>>}
>>>
>>>Just try to echo those chars out to tty1 and see what happens.  My
>>>screen blanks no more.
>>>
>>>On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 11:25, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've got a computer set up for my wife that does a continuous slide show 
>>>>for her conference week.  I've tried everything I can think of to stop 
>>>>the monitor from going blank.  'xset q' shows dpms is disabled.  I've 
>>>>tried enabling/disabling all these goodies via the bios.  No good.  Any 
>>>>suggestions as to how I can make this thing do what I want?
>>>>
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>>>>
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