On 15 Nisan 5761, David J. Roundy wrote: > I'm not sure if this is powerpc-specific, or not, but I have a > somewhat annoying issue where X will die if I stop using it for a > while (e.g. leave the room or work on a virtual terminal). It does > this whether I am just sitting in kdm or if I'm logged in under X, > and seems to happen every ten minutes if I'm not using X. It has > been happening for weeks, but only recently did it happen while I > was logged in on X, since usually I don't stay on X if I'm not using > it.
Had this problem myself; looks like the screen blanking code isn't working. Fixed it by either running an active screensaver or using the built-in blanking, and I also put this in my .xinitrc (probably different for you since you use a display manager): xset -dpms s noblank -- Charles Sebold -- 15th of Nisan, 5761 -- It got to the point where I had to get a haircut or both feet firmly planted in the air.