[K12OSN] Screensaver crashes screen with IBM Netvista thin clients

[Tom Wolfe]

Thanks Almquist that did it

Regards,
Tom Wolfe


On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Almquist Burke wrote:

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> Sounds like a screensaver or video driver issue. I'd make sure you have the 
> screensaver disabled, use DPMS if you want to save power. There used to be 
> options for standby, suspend, and turning off in the LTSP 4 lts.conf file. 
> I'm not sure if they are there anymore in 5, I haven't had to adjust mine 
> yet!  In LTSP 5 we might just be using the settings in the GNOME/KDE display 
> managers. If I were you, I'd disable standby and suspend, IMHO, just sent the 
> off time to something reasonable like 15 mins.  I've always found DPMS off to 
> be the most reliably implemented in all different hardware, though power 
> management is less of a problem with hardware than it used to be.
>
> Google lts.conf and DPMS and you'll get some good information.
>
> You might try these lines in your lts.conf file:
>       X_DPMS  = Y
>       X_DPMS_STANDBYTIME = 0
>       X_DPMS_SUSPENDTIME = 0
>       X_DPMS_OFFTIME     = 15
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> On Oct 2, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Tom Wolfe wrote:
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>> When our IBM Netvista p3 thin clients are unused for some time -- 5 mins or 
>> so -- the screen will go black. When you hit the space bar or move the 
>> mouse the most you get it a pointer arrow, which moves with the mouse. The 
>> rest of the screen remains black. The only way to recover is 
>> CTRL-SHIFT-BACKSPACE.
>> 
>> Any suggestions on how to solve this would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Tom Wolfe
>> 
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