Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 01:04:08 -0400 From: "Andrew J. Caines" <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Subject: Re: New DPMS behavior in 7.4 Message-ID: <4A07B1C8.7040200@halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <4A07A0A8.3020002@paradise.net.nz> References: <4A015128.9080602@paradise.net.nz> <4A022E7F.70606@halplant.com> <4A07A0A8.3020002@paradise.net.nz>
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Mark > Adding similar lines into xorg.conf results in an encouraging entry in > X11.0.log: > (**) Option "BlankTime" "10" > (**) Option "StandbyTime" "15" > (**) Option "SuspendTime" "0" > (**) Option "OffTime" "30" > However xset does not pick 'em up: > DPMS (Energy Star): > Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0 Looks like something which starts after the X server is applying different settings. That something is very likely a desktop manager - Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc. If you are running one of these, then look at the settings relating to screensavers, power settings or wherever it hides these settings. -- -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com FreeBSD/Linux/Solaris, Web/Mail/Proxy/... http://halplant.com:2001/ "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency" - Alan Turing
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