Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:01:10 +0100 From: Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd-current@webteckies.org> To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: API to turn off the display Message-ID: <200401301001.15675.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> In-Reply-To: <1075423821.2664.197.camel@mobius.int.thebadger.org> References: <1075401074.2660.106.camel@mobius.int.thebadger.org> <200401300113.49178.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> <1075423821.2664.197.camel@mobius.int.thebadger.org>
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--Boundary-02=_b1hGAjTTxajG1EJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 30 January 2004 01:50, James Green wrote: > It should work in both. (I run X via both gdm and startx) It will also > work from the console when X is not running as the xset commands just > timeout. The DPMS calls stop it from screwing up your display in X. > > Try 'xset dpms force off' as the user you are logged in as (i.e. not > root) If that does not turn off the display but blanks it, you probably > need to look at drivers for Xfree that fully support DPMS for your card. It does nothing at all and the card is NVidia GeForce 4200 Go. I had to twe= ak=20 the settings for this alternate resolution also, and exiting X also creates= a=20 screwed up console with vertical lines. I've tested the snapshot about a month ago with the same results, so I'll=20 follow this up with the XFree86 guys. =2D-=20 Melvyn =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =46reeBSD sarevok.idg.nl 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Wed Jan 28 18:= 01:18=20 CET 2004 =20 root@sarevok.lan.webteckies.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SAREVOK_NOAPM_NODEBUG = =20 i386 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --Boundary-02=_b1hGAjTTxajG1EJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAGh1bOv9JNmfFN5URAkwnAJ96VlcBCNNvxCnRdIh3gw8CoRjSNgCdHrrN qfuuyjvFxBo/A0LRteY1BYc= =aoQr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_b1hGAjTTxajG1EJ--
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