Angstrom Linux on Beagleboard boots into sleep mode

Question

I'm running GNOME on Angstrom Linux on a Beagleboard, and have an issue when the device boots, i'm running the 2013-06-20 image from http://beagleboard.org/latest-images.

Power on, and the screen will display the Beagleboard logo, and continues to boot up. The screen goes black, but instead of loading onto the desktop, the screens (I've tried a few just to make sure) report no output from the device. If i move the mouse/press a key on the keyboard however it wakes up and displays the desktop.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to prevent this 'sleep mode' (I doubt that's what it is, its just the best phrase I can think of describe this problem) from happening and just to boot up & display the desktop?

Cheers.

Answer 1

This seems to have fixed the issue I was having, firstly I'd suggest updating any outdated packages by opening a terminal and typing

opkg update 

this should only take ~1 minute, aftewards type

opkg upgrade

This can take anywhere from ~10minutes to ~6 hours maybe even more, so be patient, just leave the device alone until it has finished.

then open the following file

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add the following

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option   "BlankTime"     "0"
   Option   "StandbyTime"   "0"
   Option   "SuspendTime"   "0"
   Option   "OffTime"       "0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Option       "DPMS"  
   Identifier   "Builtin Default Monitor"
EndSection

This should also disable any screensavers etc... which was also ideal for my requirements.

Reboot your device, and it should be good to go.