How to stop display from shutting off in 30 minutes? (Solved

[LordQwerty]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a similar setting tool like the "power options" in Windows XP (sorry to mention "Windows" )
The problem I have with Puppy is that my monitor is turning black after about 30 minutes.

I already tried to turn off the screensaver, and switched the bios setting to turn on the monitor always, but no luck. I guess there must be some power options in Puppy.

Maybe you can help me?

Thanks.

[erikson]

The problem I have with Puppy is that my monitor is turning black after about 30 minutes.

DPMS (Energy Star) features can be disabled with

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xset -dpms

In order to make the setting persistent, I guess the command can be included in /etc/rc.d/rc.local (or in /root/.xinitrc ?)

DPMS settings are documented at http://linux.die.net/man/1/xset

[LordQwerty]

Thank you for your help.
Problem solved.

[fzimmer]

Is there a similar command for hard disks? I want to turn them off when not in use.

[npierce]

fzimmer,

Perhaps you can find an idea in this thread: Laptop & HDD sleep/standby command issue

[Rope]

I have the xset -dpms setting but it is not working.

[CatDude]

Hi

Try this: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 852#852852

CatDude
.

[nic007]

Is there a similar command for hard disks? I want to turn them off when not in use.

I use hdparm for example: hdparm -S 120 /dev/sda will turn off sda after 10 minutes of inactivity.

[Rope]

Hi

Try this: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 852#852852

CatDude
.

Thanks but it does not work.

[CatDude]

Hello Rope

I'm also running Slacko-5.7 and after following the advice in the link i provided above,
i end up with a hidden file: /root/.xset.sh
which has the following content:

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xset m 20/10 4 c off r rate 660 25 s off -dpms

With that file in operation, i have NEVER had my screen go blank/off/black,
so i'm not really sure what is happening at your end to make it behave differently.

CatDude
.

[Rope]

I will try your configuration thanks.

[Rope]

Hello Rope

I'm also running Slacko-5.7 and after following the advice in the link i provided above,
i end up with a hidden file: /root/.xset.sh
which has the following content:

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xset m 20/10 4 c off r rate 660 25 s off -dpms

With that file in operation, i have NEVER had my screen go blank/off/black,
so i'm not really sure what is happening at your end to make it behave differently.

CatDude
.

Tried it. Does not work

[scientist]

Try this.

#!/bin/bash
# MAKE SURE CHMOD +X HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SCRIPT !!!!
#
# Blank screen after 10 minutes
# Value is time in seconds
# xset -q shows current settings
xset s 600

[Rope]

Try this.

#!/bin/bash
# MAKE SURE CHMOD +X HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SCRIPT !!!!
#
# Blank screen after 10 minutes
# Value is time in seconds
# xset -q shows current settings
xset s 600

Sorry but where do I put the script and with what filename?

[Rope]

Try this.

#!/bin/bash
# MAKE SURE CHMOD +X HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SCRIPT !!!!
#
# Blank screen after 10 minutes
# Value is time in seconds
# xset -q shows current settings
xset s 600

I put it in root/startup
does not work

[Semme]

Do you even have xset? You should..

CatDude's script may need to go elsewhere.. ala rc.local or ~/Startup. Have you tried these?

[Rope]

yes I have xset


# xset q

Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 600 cycle: 600
Colors:
default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff
Font Path:
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
DPMS is Disabled

[scientist]

Try this.

#!/bin/bash
# MAKE SURE CHMOD +X HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SCRIPT !!!!
#
# Blank screen after 10 minutes
# Value is time in seconds
# xset -q shows current settings
xset s 600

I put it in root/startup
does not work

What does it show when you run it ?

[Rope]

How do I run it? If I click on it nothing happens.

[MochiMoppel]

@ Rope: Isn't it time you tell us what you are trying to achieve? This thread is about disabling the screensaver, scientist's script, which you are so desperate to run, enables the screensaver and blanks the screen after 10min. Your settings show that your system is already configured to do exactly that, so what is it that you want?

If I click on it nothing happens.

Wait 10 minutes...

Script location: Since you are using Slacko 5.7, startup scripts go into /root/.config/autostart, not /root/Startup.

By default Slacko 5.7 sets the screensaver at startup in the script /root/.xinitrc with the command

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xset s 600 600 s blank

So here we have already a script which can be adapted (not by you! Frankly, you shouldn't touch it!)

Why do you need a script at all? Everything you need is already prepared. Go to
Menu > Desktop > pupX set properties of X
This is a GUI for xset. Here you can switch on/off the screensaver as you like. The dialog claims that settings are valid only for the current session, so I'm not sure if they survive a reboot, but they are stored in file /root/.xset.sh. At least you can use them as reference.