Laptops :: stop screen blanking

Hi All...

I have made a digital picture frame from an old IBM Thinpad 600e. For the most part, things are working they way I want them, execpt the screen goes black after about 10 minutes.

I have researched the forum, and have placed the noapci noapim apm=off cheat codes in the grub menu. I have also edited the .xinitrc to have xset x off and noblank in the script, but there has been no change.

I have changed the hard drive to run windows and use IBM's configuration utility, and the bios (as near as I can tell) is set to always have the screen on (power always on).

What setting am I missing or have wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Which xserver are you using? Did you try xfbdev?

Also, can you "resume" the screen after it has gone blank?

I am using the default xserver, with fluxbox. No, I have not really tried xbdev.... I will try it again to see if it makes a difference.

Yes, it resumes properly after the screen goes black by moving the mouse or pressing a key

UPDATE:

Ok, I tried xbdev... I can configure it, but I get an error and it can't continue to load fluxbox when I reboot and have the system set to use it.

shouldn't it be "xset s off" or "xset s noblank"?

I tried both variations, robc. I found scripts with those commands on dsl site or the forum, I forget wich.

They did not seem to make a difference.

I did note that when I had the HD with Win98 on it in the laptop that the screen did not shut off. So, I assume it must be an xserver setting somewhere.

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