Re: Powersave question

From: Lew Pitcher (Lew.Pitcher_at_td.com)
Date: 11/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:07:48 -0500

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Jeff Johnson wrote:
> I have been having problems with a new sles server "hanging" after 10
> minutes. By hanging I mean monitor would powersave(I would know this via the
> monitor) and screen would blank--obviously.
>
> I disabled powersaved to no avail.

Your problem may have absolutely nothing to do with powersaved, acpi,
apm or any other of the sophisticated powersaving tools.

I don't know SuSE, but Slackware has a line in one of the startup
scripts that reads

  # Screen blanks after 15 minutes idle time.
  /bin/setterm -blank 15

/bin/setterm causes the screen to blank and go into power saving mode.
P'haps this is your problem.

Alternatly, if you run X, you may have the screenblanking options
enabled there as well. In the "ServerFlags" section, look for the
Option "BlankTime", Option "StandbyTime", Option "SuspendTime", and
Option "OffTime" settings. These control the intervals that X will use
to Blank/StandBy/Suspend/Off your monitor.

HTH
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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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