Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 16:56:25 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth <hanspeter_roth@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Green Mode" for monitors Message-ID: <20020507165625.A75988@bsag.ch> In-Reply-To: <20020507123034.28203.qmail@twinlark.arctic.org>; from atk2@arctic.org on Tue, May 07, 2002 at 12:30:34PM -0000 References: <20020507123034.28203.qmail@twinlark.arctic.org>
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On May 07 at 12:30, atk2@arctic.org spoke:
>
> Under freebsd 2.2.7 I had green mode enabled and at the appropriate time
> my monitor would switch off...
>
> Under freebsd 4.5 this does not happen. It just goes blank. I believe I am
> running XFree86 3.6 (was 3.5 under 2.2.7 - and I'm using the same XF86Config
> file). I believe xset dpms is new for this version of XFree86 -- but I have
> it enabled (aka xset dpsm 300 600 1200).
To determine your XFree86 version run:
xdpyinfo | grep version
What does
xset -q | egrep -i dpms\|stand
tell?
You may also need
xset +dpms
I have XFree86 4.2.0. But Dpms doesn't seem to work on my
configuration either.
>
> There is also some values in the rc.conf file (blankscreen I believe)...
The saver= in the rc.conf affects the console but not X-Windows.
-Hanspeter
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