Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 18:42 wrote: ..l If you think something is actually running and the monitor's in some > power-saving state, you can use "ddccontrol" to change the power-saving > state. Here's how I turn each monitor off and on in turn (in sh): ... Looks pretty hairy ;-D Thanks, ebe, I

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread eben
On 12/11/24 07:33, Tom Browder wrote: > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely turn > off the screen saver and its timer via system settings? > > There may be related problems with my newly installed HP printer which > sometimes hangs when attempting to print random w

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 9:42 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely turn > off the screen saver and its timer via system settings? > > There may be related problems with my newly installed HP printer which > sometimes hangs when attempting

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread Dan Ritter
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 04:14:58PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > DISPLAY=:0 > > (of course, this will only work if there /is/ an X server running > in the first place :) (of course, if there is no X server running, only the console setting has any meaning.

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread tomas
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 09:01:19AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 08:21 Tom Browder wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 07:14 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > >> Tom Browder wrote: > > > > ... > > > >> > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely > >> turn

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread tomas
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 04:14:58PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 09:01:19AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: [...] > > unable to open display "" > > This one is because they have to "talk" to the right X server, so they > need the DISPLAY env variable set, to know which

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 08:21 Tom Browder wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 07:14 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Tom Browder wrote: > > ... > >> > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely >> turn >> > off the screen saver and its timer via system settings? >> >> There are thr

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 07:14 Dan Ritter wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: ... > > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely > turn > > off the screen saver and its timer via system settings? > > There are three things that could be called screen saver ... Thanks, Dan, I

Re: PC monitor is freezing, but I can ssh into it and operate okay

2024-12-11 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Browder wrote: > I can ssh in, reboot, and all is well. Is there any way to completely turn > off the screen saver and its timer via system settings? There are three things that could be called screen saver settings: - the console blanker is controlled via setterm -blank 0 (t