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

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

2024-12-11 Thread Tom Browder
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 web pages (I don't do it intentionally but I'm s