From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 00:01:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4821437B401 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 00:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4872843FAF for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 00:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6371WLA039803 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:01:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h6371VSp039799; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:01:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:01:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20030703070131.GB39313@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Peter Leftwich , San Diego's BSD Users Group , FreeBSD Questions LIST References: <20030617211903.G32633-100000@Video2Video.Com> <20030618080133.GA44582@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20030701221136.O38280@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <20030702085113.GB37159@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20030702213401.S79349@rocket.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E13BgyNx05feLLmH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030702213401.S79349@rocket.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: San Diego's BSD Users Group cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: [SDBUG] Re: Monitor dimming X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 07:01:50 -0000 --E13BgyNx05feLLmH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 09:37:46PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > There's lots of stuff that might go into XF86Config which isn't > > mentioned in the automatically generated config file, produced by >=20 > But I meant, in *my* XF86Config there is no mention of the blanktime or > standby or suspend timings, and yet, after about 5-10 minutes of idle time > my monitor somehow KNOWS to dim itself. Where else might I find the caus= e? I suspect that XFree86 is just applying its default settings, given that you haven't told it to do otherwise. > Is xset the only thing that can make use of DPMS or is there a binary in > the default / standard / minimum *BSD installation to control it too? Look at vidcontrol(1) -- specifically the '-t blanktime' option. You can go direct to the screen saver on a console screen by hitting Shift-Pause -- see splash(4). However whether this involves DPMS directly or not, I don't know. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --E13BgyNx05feLLmH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/A9TLdtESqEQa7a0RAveTAJwMZlyjN27TzJZ5DLrRyZciEpgv9QCfd7I1 I04pBc9Jwa+Z+4g9BBo5Wk0= =OcBl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E13BgyNx05feLLmH--