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

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PostPosted: Mon 02 Jun 2008, 18:20    Post subject:  How to stop display from shutting off in 30 minutes? (Solved  
Hi all,

I'm looking for a similar setting tool like the "power options" in Windows XP (sorry to mention "Windows" Wink )
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


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PostPosted: Tue 03 Jun 2008, 07:34    Post subject: Re: How to stop monitor from shutting off in 30 minutes?  
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
Code:
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
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LordQwerty

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PostPosted: Tue 03 Jun 2008, 13:09    Post subject:  
Thank you for your help.
Problem solved.
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fzimmer

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PostPosted: Mon 21 Jun 2010, 05:46    Post subject:  
Is there a similar command for hard disks? I want to turn them off when not in use.
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npierce

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PostPosted: Thu 24 Jun 2010, 10:49    Post subject:  
fzimmer,

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

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PostPosted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 10:35    Post subject:  
I have the xset -dpms setting but it is not working.
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CatDude


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PostPosted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 13:06    Post subject:  
Hi

Try this: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=852852#852852

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PostPosted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 16:09    Post subject:  
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

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PostPosted: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 17:07    Post subject:  
CatDude wrote:
Hi

Try this: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=852852#852852

CatDude
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Thanks but it does not work.
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PostPosted: Thu 23 Jul 2015, 06:05    Post subject:  
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

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PostPosted: Thu 23 Jul 2015, 11:44    Post subject:  
I will try your configuration thanks.
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Rope

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PostPosted: Sun 26 Jul 2015, 19:21    Post subject:  
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 Sad
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scientist

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PostPosted: Sun 26 Jul 2015, 20:58    Post subject:  
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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Rope

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PostPosted: Mon 27 Jul 2015, 12:50    Post subject:  
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


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

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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jul 2015, 15:56    Post subject:  
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


I put it in root/startup
does not work
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