Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> If not, try removing the 'Option "DPMS"' line (or use xset) to disable
> the X servers blanking and see if it still happens.
Turning off DPMS gets rid of blanking completely. I'd like it to blank
my screen if I really am away.

> It could be your kernel that is blanking the virtual terminal, or
> some APM interaction that is not aware of the USB mouse (do you have
> CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK set in the kernel?).
I'm not sure. I'm using a default Debian kernel.

> I use Woody, on an ATI Mach 64 and two different laptops and have
> never seen the X server misbehave like this (yet ;-) I always use my
> USB mouse to wake up my monitor when I come back to my desk.
Which device do you use in you XFree86 configuration?
I'm using /dev/input/mice

Btw I just remembered that a while ago someone posted to this group
and he had a USB keyboard and mouse and this problem was no fun... So
I'll check the archives to see what he did.

Bijan


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