E!7 Summer Fairy Screen issue (SOLVED)

[ranran]

Question -

For some reason my screen keeps going dark after a few minutes. Power management is OFF and so is my screensaver. So, with no known reason for my screen to be going dark, why is this happening?

thanx

[coffeetime]

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Kernel?

[Linuxera]

That's one Fiesty Farrie!!  I would recommend you change kernels.  Which one are you using?  IIRC Summer Fairy has 2.6.38. something and it may not agree with your hardware.  Another problem could be the video driver.  Can you at least give us some specs, and what kernel/driver you have going?

That one scares me!!   

[ranran]

Video Card - Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller : Module: ‎Card:Intel 810 and later

Kernel 2.6.38.2

[djohnston]

ranran,

See if there's a power saving option in your PC's BIOS to blank the screen after inactivity.

[ranran]

ranran,

See if there's a power saving option in your PC's BIOS to blank the screen after inactivity.

No such option

[Linuxera]

Only suggestion I can give at this point is to try a different kernel and see if that doesn't help.  Try the latest 2.6.38 (, or go backwards if you have to.  What ever works with your hardware is the one you should choose.  Default settings for E! do not have powersaver or screen saver enabled.  I'm not exactly sure where you picked up Fiesty Farrie, but I created a Summer Fairy ISO, not Feisty Farrie. 

[Dragynn]

Think simple Time the screen blanking, happen exactly every 10 minutes? Default xset timer is 600 seconds=10 minutes

in terminal:

Code:

xset s off
xset -dpms

To run this once at every startup, open text editor and :

Code:

#!/bin/sh
xset s off
xset -dpms

save it, name it, make it executable, add it to startup apps. then you can roll with the screensaver and PM services completely off, and your screen will never blank on you.

This works in gnome, Tex used to use it in KDE, i'm assuming it might work in E-17.

[djohnston]

This works in gnome, Tex used to use it in KDE, i'm assuming it might work in E-17.

Also works in Openbox and LXDE.

[ranran]

Only suggestion I can give at this point is to try a different kernel and see if that doesn't help.  Try the latest 2.6.38 (, or go backwards if you have to.  What ever works with your hardware is the one you should choose.  Default settings for E! do not have powersaver or screen saver enabled.  I'm not exactly sure where you picked up Fiesty Farrie, but I created a Summer Fairy ISO, not Feisty Farrie. 

Hi,

Sorry for calling your work by the wrong name. Nice work by the way, it rocks. Regarding a kernel upgrade, I installed 2.6.38.8, I think. Here's the deal.
- Installed new kernel via Synaptic
- Rebooted system
- Boot Menu now has 4 options
      Boot Linux
      Safe Mode
      Boot old kernel
      Boot new kernel

However when I select either of the last 2 options, the system freezes during "E17 Rising" screen. If I choose the first option, all is fine. This has fixed the screen problem. I am unsure as to which kernel is actually being used.

Thanks for your patience and help,
Ranran

[djohnston]

- Boot Menu now has 4 options
      Boot Linux
      Safe Mode
      Boot old kernel
      Boot new kernel

In PCLinuxOS, the last kernel installed on your system becomes the default one. If you haven't changed any of the GRUB boot options, the "Boot Linux" line will be highlighted and chosen by default. There are two ways you can check this after you have successfully booted. Open a terminal. Enter:

uname -r
ls -l /boot/vmlinuz

The first command will list the kernel you are running. The second command will list which kernel is now default. You should see something like this:

$ uname -r
vmlinuz-2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs
$ ls -l /boot/vmlinuz
/boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs
$