Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:12:24 -0400 From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> To: Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com> Cc: freeBSD mailing list <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "Green" screensaver in X: HOW? Message-ID: <3AE6F768.4CC7687C@thehousleys.net> References: <3AE6F535.84B2E113@iafrica.com>
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Francois Kritzinger wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I remember when I first installed freeBSD that in Blackbox the screen
> would go black after a certain delay. The monitor didn't switch off,
> the picture just went black, so I guess its not really a
> GREEN screensaver, but anyhoo, It doesn't do that anymore so can anyone
> tell me how to bring it back?
>
I use the following lines in my /etc/X11/XF86Config
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "standby time" "10"
Option "suspend time" "20"
Option "off time" "30"
EndSection
and add the following to you Section "Monitor"
Option "dpms"
My monitor is "Green" and these cause the monitor to go into lowpower
mode.
Jim
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