Help needed on Opensuse 11.4! Step-by-step NOBLANK power management

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#1

Hey!
Here’s the problem on OPENSUSE 11.4. I have this problem with the power management that my screen keep’s blanking after 10 min-s or so.
I found the solution to my problem but there’s the catch- don’t know how i manage to make it work.

So please, if anybody knows to explain to ‘‘noob’’ on linux how to make this to work then please help me!
I need step-by-step instruction how to make this QUOTE work!

Basically i need how-to on making that script and how to set it on autorun.

Thanks!

#2

On 09/22/2011 09:16 PM, Fox0004 wrote:
> Here’s the problem on OPENSUSE 11.4.

-=WELCOME=- new poster, but this is a very confusing post and in a
confusing place (this forum is for pre-release software…just now 12.1
is in testing…11.4 posts do not go here…and, i do not think
either James or Deano read this forum…so, the help you seek won’t see
your plea)

as far as i can see from you post you just need to go Personal Settings

  • Configure Desktop > Hardware > Display and Monitor > Screen Saver and
    make sure the screen saver (if you want one) doesn’t turn on each 10
    minutes…and click “Apply” (lower right), then click “Overview” (upper
    left) and go to Hardware > Power Management > Global Settings and look
    at the setting you have selected for the various situations (When AC
    Adaptor is plugged in, use performance OR powersave OR aggressive power
    save…

when you have set those situation with the level of power savings you
wish, then (on the left) click on “Power Profiles” and one a time then
tune each (agressive powersave, powersave and performance) to exactly
what you want…

see, i think you are gonna find that your machine is set up to blank the
screen after 10 minutes…so, set it differently…

if you need to post again, first PM a monitor and ask them to move this
thread (you double posted by the way) to a more correct location…

–
DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems

#3

So, Just as DenverD Says, you need to first check:

as far as i can see from you post you just need to go Personal Settings

  • Configure Desktop > Hardware > Display and Monitor > Screen Saver and
    make sure the screen saver (if you want one) doesn’t turn on each 10
    minutes…and click “Apply” (lower right), then click “Overview” (upper
    left) and go to Hardware > Power Management > Global Settings and look
    at the setting you have selected for the various situations (When AC
    Adaptor is plugged in, use performance OR powersave OR aggressive power
    save…

If your Power Settings & Screen Saver is really set properly, it is possible to create a bash script that can also turn off the kernel screen blanker if this is the problem. As far as I know, openSUSE 11.4 does not have a problem with this issue anymore. However, copy the following text within the code block below into your favorite text editor:

#!/bin/bash 
#: Title : /home/james/bin/ssreset 
#: Date Created: Fri Feb 4 20:43:00 CST 2011 
#: Last Edit : Fri Feb 4 20:43:00 CST 2011 
#: Author : J. McDaniel 
#: Version : 1.00 
#: Description : 
#: Options : 

xset s noblank -dpms 

exit 0 

# End Of Script

Save the text into the folder/name: ~/.kde4/Autostart/ssreset (Where ~ will change to = /home/yourname automatically)

Then, open up a terminal session and type the command:

chmod +x ~/.kde4/Autostart/ssreset

If you get an error with the chmod command, the file ssreset was not created in the correct folder or with the correct name. When in a file manager you must enable the option to view hidden files to see any folder that starts with a . like .kde4. Once complete, just log out and back into KDE 4 to run the Autostart script.

Thank You,