From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 10:18:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 C629E16A41F for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:18:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@pclark.me.uk) Received: from mra02.ch.as12513.net (mra02.ch.as12513.net [82.153.252.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B27143D53 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:18:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@pclark.me.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mra02.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84DADD4384 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:18:54 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra02.ch.as12513.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra02.ch.as12513.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01351-01-11 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:18:54 +0100 (BST) Received: from paul1 (unknown [82.153.160.115]) by mra02.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA4AD4353 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:18:52 +0100 (BST) From: "Paul Clark" To: Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:18:54 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcXDTN0pOE7/+QU0RKiSEs38PbdrFg== Message-Id: <20050927101852.4DA4AD4353@mra02.ch.as12513.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: DPMS on laptop not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:18:57 -0000 Hi, I just installed Freebsd on a Dell Latitude C600 with 14" SXGA screen. It needs to be on all the time so I need a way of turning the screen off. I have played with sysctl hw.acpi.* thingies to get it to suspend. But none of the power states only turn the screen off. I want to get DPMS working so I can do "xset dpms force off" but it doesn't work. Nothing happens and I get no console output. Are there any log files? "xset q" in a console in KDE prints: Keyboard Control: auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000 auto repeat delay: 250 repeat rate: 30 auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf fadfffdfffdfe5ef ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 26/10 threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 0 cycle: 600 Colors: default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0 WhitePixel: 16777215 Font Path: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/X11R6/lib/ X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/10 0dpi/ Bug Mode: compatibility mode is enabled DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 60 Suspend: 60 Off: 60 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On File paths: Config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Modules path: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log "xset q" in ctrl+alt F2 console while kde and x are loaded prints: xset: unable to open display "" I have tried adding Option "DPMS" to my monitor section in the xorg.conf Is there anyway to make DPMS work or is there another way of doing it? Thanks Paul