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Not sure if this is a problem with Ubuntu Jaunty.
I am using XBMC to play all my media. For some reason after a while watching a video the screen will go blank. TV doesn't see any input from the PC. This doesn't always happen though. If i move the mouse it comes back but can lose signal after a minute again. Power management is set to never put the computer to sleep or switch off the monitor. I dont have screensaver enabled either.
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and have the Nvidia 185 beta drivers installed.
ASUS P5N7A-VM motherboard
Can anyone help? I've tried everything and am slowly going mad!
Thanks!
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wyild1
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Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. There might be an option in there for DPMS listed as Option "DPMS". Put a # in front to comment it out and reboot or restart X and that should solve your issue. It did for me
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jeey
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Or just disable screen saver complete and turn off powersaving mode in ubuntu.
But remeber to turn on your xbmc screensaver if you got a plasma screen.
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pike
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if you run XBMC in fullscreen you shouldn't have this issue ?
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I've tried all the suggestions in this thread and its still doing it. EVerything works fine for 2 hours. Then during a movie or anything the screen goes blank. Sound is still playing. I pause the movie and start it again using the spacebar and the screen comes back on and everything works. The thing is it will happen again in 5 or 10 minutes... not exact timing. This will happen over and over until I reboot. Then it wont happen for another 2 hours.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
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anyone got any solution to this problem, i mean, its a shame to cary a mouse with you at all times, because a remote isnt sufficient.
TV: UE55F8005
XBMC: Mac mini 2012 with windows 8.1
SOUND: Sonos playbar + Sonos Sub + 2x Rear Play: 3
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I think that I may have found a solution for this problem, it seems that the root user in linux has separate power settings from the active user. If you press Alt-F2 and type "gksudo gnome-power-settings" the power management box pops up. For me this box had the settings set to go off in 30 minutes, setting this to never should keep the screen from turning off.
It seems that there are power management settings for both the logged in user and the root user. I checked this a few times, when I click the power management from the top menu "System | Preferences | Power Management" I have one set of settings and another set when using the above command. Setting both of these to never appears to have fixed the problem for now, hopefully for good.
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Oh, and I am running Ubuntu 9.04