[ltp] USB keyboard with T30 - screen blanks after 1 hour?

[William Thompson]

Workaround:
  I had to use the USB mouse through the PS/2 port adapter to keep the
laptop usable.
 Otherwise I had to do the same thing you did, regardless of use.

  I too would be interested if there is a way to tell APM/ACPI that
there is mouse and keyboard usage from the USB ports, not just your
standard PS2 mouse or keyboard ports.


xset commands:
   To control Energy Star (DPMS) features:
        -dpms      Energy Star features off
        +dpms      Energy Star features on
         dpms [standby [suspend [off]]]
              force standby
              force suspend
              force off
              force on
              (also implicitly enables DPMS features)
              a timeout value of zero disables the mode

    For screen-saver control:
         s [timeout [cycle]]  s default    s on
         s blank              s noblank    s off
         s expose             s noexpose
         s activate           s reset

xset q (query) displays the following for my settings
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 7200    Suspend: 7200    Off: 14400
  DPMS is Disabled
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  0



> I just recently starting an external keyboard (Apple USB keyboard - we
> had extras in the office) with my T30 and like it except for the fact
> that if I don't press a key on the notebook the screen will blank on
> me.
>The same happens if, by some odd chance, I only use the USB mouse for
> an
>hour or if I come back from a meeting I have to press a key or move the
>trackpoint to bring the screen back. The USB mouse doesn't seem to wake
>up anything in X or the BIOS (but I'm not sure what's actually
>controlling the screen blanking.) Does anybody have any ideas as to how
>I can work around this? I'm using SuSE Pro 8.2 on a T30 2366-41U.
>Thanks. 

>-- 
>Greg Macek | Senior IT Manager
>Marketing Resources, Inc.

>it-guy@mrichi.com | http://www.mrichi.com