[MPlayer-users] how to really disable screenblanking.

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 11:01:56AM -0500, Green, Shaun wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Alex,
> 
> Does this problem you're talking about relate to my problem?
> 
> I hooked up an external monitor to my laptop's Geforce 440 Go card. In Red
> Hat 7.3 after about 5 minutes, suddenly the screen blanks out. The only way
> to keep getting it back is to use the CRT/LCD keyboard function. It's VERY
> aggravating, so I can only use my laptop screen for now under Linux. Of
> course under Windoze it works fine ...

You prolly need to give linux control over the power management,
or else disable power management entirely in the bios. Hopefully you
don't have one of those awful new laptop bios setup progs that only
lets you change the date and time. :)

Rich