From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 23 23: 0:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tholian.securitydynamics.com (mail.rsasecurity.com [204.167.112.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C01E37B406 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdtihq24.securitydynamics.com by tholian.securitydynamics.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.18]) with SMTP; 24 Sep 2001 05:57:30 UT Received: from ebola.securitydynamics.com (ebola.securid.com [192.168.7.4]) by sdtihq24.securid.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA18436 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 02:00:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from spirit.dynas.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ebola.securitydynamics.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id CAA24682 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 02:00:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 22203 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2001 06:00:16 -0000 Received: from explorer.rsa.com (10.81.217.59) by spirit.dynas.se with SMTP; 24 Sep 2001 06:00:16 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by explorer.rsa.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) id f8O60D575771; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:00:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:00:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200109240600.f8O60D575771@explorer.rsa.com> To: jfreeze@freebsdportal.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: blanking screen with xset dpms Newsgroups: local.freebsd.questions References: X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.6 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In local.freebsd.questions you write: >I just installed 4.4R with XFree86 4.1. >I have an older system with 3.4R and XFree86 3.3.6. >On this old system I have in my .xinitrc file: > xset dpms 600 600 600 >which shutdowns the monitor after 10 min of inactivity. >I can even type > xset dpms 1 1 1 >from the command line as a normal user and blank >the monitor in 1 second. >However, when I added these commands to .xinitrc on >my new system, nothing happens. And, typing xset dpms 1 1 1 >from the command line has no affect. >I have also tried > xset +dpms >to turn on the Screen Saver, but this also appears to have >no affect. Make sure to enable dpms in XF86Config. I think 'Option "DPMS"' in the right section (Screen?) should do it. Check XF86Config(1). $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message