[TriLUG] Stopping Screen blanking on MythTV?

[Owen]

I recently stopped this from happening on my own Myth box by adding this
to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, in the Monitor section:

    Option "DPMS" "false"

I also add this to the ServerFlags section, and it may have affected it
as well:

    Option "NoPM" "true"

Either way, it doesn't ever blank off now. You'll need to watch out for
getting screen burn on a plasma if you leave it on for a long time.

BTW, what make(s) and models are your tuners? I have a PVR-500 but am
unhappy with it, and am interested in adding HD to my setup.

Owen

On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:08:16PM -0400, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> So, I've got MythTV up and running with my four tuners (two analog,  
> two HD), and everything is working great, but the screen keeps going  
> blank to conserve energy.  I've tried a few things to disable energy  
> saver and screen blanking, but somehow I'm missing something.
> 
> Given this configuration (Fedora Core 6, Default Fedora Gnome, nVidia  
> hardware drivers, and MythTV 0.20.2) what all should I set to make  
> sure the screen is always on when I turn on the TV?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> David