[SlugBug] Stopping monitor going into power down mode

Pete Collier pecb at nildram.co.uk
Mon Aug 23 12:16:50 BST 2004


On Monday 23 August 2004 11:55, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> >        Any-one know how to deactivate the power down of the monitor so
> > that the
> >screen saver stays on? Increasing the time before screen saver kicks in
> >doesn't appear to work.
>
> The power saving features could be something to do with the BIOS.
>
> Also, is the display still looking weird when you exit X and start it
> again?
>
I have tried apm off in the bios. The display does still look weird if I 
restart the X, only switching off the monitor, wait a minute then switch back 
on again works. If I switch the monitor off and on right away, the task bar 
is full of wavy lines.
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