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dpms issue - kodi started using startx - milomak - 2023-03-16
debian sid and kodi v20.1
so i don't use a display manager nor a desktop environment. i am running debian and start kodi using
Code:
[ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] && exec startx /usr/bin/kodithe screensaver is disabled in the settings but when no video is playing for some time, the screen blanks and i need to use the keyboard to start it up again.
the solutions using xset do not work (ran the below from tty2)
Code:
$ xset q
xset: unable to open display ""any suggestions what other tools i could use?
RE: dpms issue - kodi started using startx - milomak - 2023-03-17
tried
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/monitor.conf
Code:
Section "Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "false"startx was having none of it
RE: dpms issue - kodi started using startx - milomak - 2023-03-19
to show it is a kodi issue, if i leave it on tty2, even after an hour when i turn the tv on, the terminal displays and doesn't need me to press a button the keyboard
RE: dpms issue - kodi started using startx - milomak - 2023-04-06
so i found the workaround seems to set the screensaver to dim