From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 7 20:07:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05381 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:07:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt3-254.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA05375 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:07:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA31202; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 21:56:01 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199812080356.VAA31202@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Gregory Bond cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Xfree86, xlock & DPMS screen blank In-reply-to: Message from Gregory Bond of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 18:04:51 +1100." <199812070705.SAA00756@melba.bby.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 21:56:01 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gregory Bond writes: > Howdy, > > I'm trying to work out the correct incantation to get DPMS Powersaving > happening under XFree86 3.3.3 & 3.0-Current. > > In my XF86Config file I've added > Option "power_saver" > BlankTime 1 > SuspendTime 20 > OffTime 30 > to the 'Section "Screen"' but it doesn't appear to ever blank and xlock > -dpmsstandby option doesn't seem to do anything. > > Is there something I need to do with the vt console as well? I'm asking DPMS questions too. See my message. For starters you might try "xset q" and see what the X server thinks your DPMS values are. Mine defaulted to "xset dpms 600 0 0" with DPMS disabled. My question is, "what do those 3 numbers stand for and how are the time intervals measured?" -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message