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LordQwerty
Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 13
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Posted: Mon 02 Jun 2008, 18:20 Post subject:
How to stop display from shutting off in 30 minutes? (Solved |
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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.
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erikson

Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 735 Location: Ghent, Belgium
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Posted: Tue 03 Jun 2008, 07:34 Post subject:
Re: How to stop monitor from shutting off in 30 minutes? |
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LordQwerty wrote: | 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
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
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LordQwerty
Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 13
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Posted: Tue 03 Jun 2008, 13:09 Post subject:
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Thank you for your help.
Problem solved.
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fzimmer
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 52 Location: Duisburg Germany
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Posted: Mon 21 Jun 2010, 05:46 Post subject:
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Is there a similar command for hard disks? I want to turn them off when not in use.
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npierce
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 858
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Posted: Thu 24 Jun 2010, 10:49 Post subject:
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fzimmer,
Perhaps you can find an idea in this thread: Laptop & HDD sleep/standby command issue
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Rope
Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Posts: 435
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Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 10:35 Post subject:
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I have the xset -dpms setting but it is not working.
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 13:06 Post subject:
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Hi
Try this: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=852852#852852
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nic007

Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 2317 Location: Cradle of Humankind
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Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 16:09 Post subject:
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fzimmer wrote: | 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.
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Rope
Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Posts: 435
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Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 17:07 Post subject:
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Thanks but it does not work.
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2015, 06:05 Post subject:
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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:
Code: | 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
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Rope
Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Posts: 435
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Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2015, 11:44 Post subject:
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I will try your configuration thanks.
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Rope
Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Posts: 435
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Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2015, 19:21 Post subject:
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CatDude wrote: | 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:
Code: | 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
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Tried it. Does not work
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scientist
Joined: 23 May 2015 Posts: 864
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Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2015, 20:58 Post subject:
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Try this.
Quote: | #!/bin/bash
# MAKE SURE CHMOD +X HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SCRIPT !!!!
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# Blank screen after 10 minutes
# Value is time in seconds
# xset -q shows current settings
xset s 600 |
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Rope
Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Posts: 435
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Posted: Mon 27 Jul 2015, 12:50 Post subject:
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scientist wrote: | Try this.
Quote: | #!/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 |
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Sorry but where do I put the script and with what filename?
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Rope
Joined: 20 Feb 2013 Posts: 435
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Posted: Tue 28 Jul 2015, 15:56 Post subject:
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scientist wrote: | Try this.
Quote: | #!/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 |
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I put it in root/startup
does not work
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