[TriLUG] Stopping Screen blanking on MythTV?

[David A. Cafaro]

Thanks, I'll go though and add those to my xorg file.

For tuners I'm currently using a PVR-500 for analog and Silicondust  
HDHomeRun for HD.  So for the PVR-500 has worked fine for me, no  
problems.  Same with the HDHomeRun.  Previously I used a pair of  
pcHDTV-3000 cards which worked well for analog cable and OTA HD, but  
I moved to cable based QAM HD signals which the HDTV-3000 card  
doesn't seem to like in my house wiring.  So the pcHDTV cards were  
replaced with the PVR-500 and the HDHomeRun.

-David


On Aug 29, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Owen wrote:

> 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
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