Monitor blacks out every few minutes?!

@d@m · 11-19-2002, 11:34 PM

Seems to be related to power management, but when I turn power management off or on it has no effect on the problem. Maybe I'm missing something obvious?

**Dave_Bechtel** · 11-23-2002, 02:37 PM

--Check your BIOS.

--Also:

At text console: (doesn't have to be root)
' setterm -blank 0 '

At Xterm / rxvt /whatever:
' xset s off '

--See my Linuxtips page for more.

Originally Posted by @d@m

Seems to be related to power management, but when I turn power management off or on it has no effect on the problem. Maybe I'm missing something obvious?

12-27-2002, 04:38 PM

[quote="Dave_Bechtel"]--See my Linuxtips page for more./quote]

I didn't find the link or URL to your LinuxTips page, can you please post it (again)?

**Loper** · 12-27-2002, 05:10 PM

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It's likely a BIOS setting problem. Windows often overrides these BIOS settings, so we often tend to ignore them except in cases like this.

This is another case where more information would be useful. Which motherboard? Which graphics card? It matters.

**Dave_Bechtel** · 12-27-2002, 07:19 PM

--Sorry 'bout that...

http://wolfrdr.tripod.com/ == Menu
http://wolfrdr.tripod.com/linuxtips.html

--It's a bit outdated, but still mostly accurate. I'll try to update it over the weekend, and create a Debian-specific section. (It's on my list of TTD.)

[quote="Anonymous"]

Originally Posted by Dave_Bechtel

--See my Linuxtips page for more./quote]

I didn't find the link or URL to your LinuxTips page, can you please post it (again)?