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blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just tried "xset dpms force standby" the screen goes black for about 1
> second and then it's back on.
>
> Here is a dmesg pastebinit : http://paste2.org/HhzBYG6H

     Google doesn't allow anonymous viewing of paste* servers via tor exits.
>
> so that doesn't work with this hardware. Any other options?

     If xscreensaver works for you, you could try that out.  On this machine
I recently switched to, xscreensaver hits a bug and dies when it activates.
(I whined about that on this list the other night.)


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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