On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 02:03:25PM +0200, Paal Marker wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > >On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 01:58:42PM +0200, Paal Marker wrote: > > > > > >>I need to prevent a box from blanking out. > >> > >>In redhat8 I could succesfully put this section in the end of > >>/etc/X11/XF86Config > >> > >> > >>Section "Serverflags" > >> Option "BlankTime" "0" > >> Option "StandbyTime" "0" > >> Option "SuspendTime" "0" > >> Option "OffTime" "0" > >>EndSection > >> > >>The result of putting in this section is that the X server will not start > >> > >>By googling I found that this syntax could also be used > >> > >> > >>Section "Serverflags" > >> Option "blank time" "0" > >> Option "standby time" "0" > >> Option "suspend time" "0" > >> Option "off time" "0" > >>EndSection > >> > >>Same result, no X > >> > >>startx gives error message: > >> > >>Option "blank time" "0" server flags section keyword > >>expected > >> > >>I copied the serverflags section from redhat8's XF86Config, where it > >>worked fine. > >>What does debian demand of syntax here? > >> > >> > > > >I've got "xset s off" in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. Works fine. > > > > > > > No, does not help. Could be because the system setup here is rather > special, a kiosk mode. > > I tried to use the xset command when I ran redhat on these boxes, and I > had the same problem. The solution then was the section serverflags in > the XF86Config file as described. So I am quite sure I have to stick to > it and get the syntax right in the section serverflags > > From linux single start and the startx I get the error message: > > Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:269 (wich is the line where the > first option in the section serverflags starts) > > _Option_ "BlankTime" "0" > Server flags keyword expected > > Remark here that it is the Option word that is underlined in the > message, the underlning is made by ^^^^^^^ these characters. Does it > tell me that 'Option' is an invalid keyword in this section? > > The Xserver used is xserver-s3
That's a bit old, any reason why you're not using xserver-xfree86? AFAIK it's not moaning about "Option" but about "BlankTime". Does "xset s off" work if you run it from the command line in an xterm? If so, your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc isn't being executed. There are a confusingly large number of ways you can set up X initialisation scripts, but it all seems to be written in shellscript so you can trace the flow of control by reading the "startx" script and seeing what is being called from it. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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