cannot get screen out of black/black mode...

[Randy Pratt]

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:14:18 -0800
Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org> wrote:

> 
> 	Where do I set up the screen to never go blan? both in console
> 	(white on black) mode and in X?  Every so often my video card
> 	driver (mga) remains blank after 10 to 15 minutes.  And gets
> 	stuck in this mode.  --FWIW, this did not happen in xorg-6.9--
> 	only in  the 7.x versions.  My hunch is to never let the screen
> 	blank.  The screensaver does seem to work, tho.

Blanking in console mode is controlled by /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
 
  blanktime="300"    # blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off.

Put your override in /etc/rc.conf .

Xorg blanking can be set via "xset".  To see your settings run
"xset q".  If you run "xset" without arguments, you can get hints
on settings:

    For screen-saver control:
         s [timeout [cycle]]  s default    s on
         s blank              s noblank    s off
         s expose             s noexpose
         s activate           s reset

For more detail, see "man xset".

You may also have some window manager screensaver mode to contend
with.

Also as a side, since you're using the xf86-video-mga driver, see

  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=117726

HTH,

Randy
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