Re: DPMS doesn't work with KDE

[Lawrence Williams <lawrence_cecil_williams@hotmail.com>]

Hmmm...

I am here with KDE 3.3.1 from unstable and have no problems with DPMS.

Could you tell everyone a bit more about your config? like settings, etc.

Lawrence


Nicolas Baradakis wrote:

> I have a valid XF86Config-4 file with DPMS enabled, and I can turn the
> monitor off when I run a window manager different from KDE.
>
> However with KDE 3.3.1 I have set DPMS in the display settings of the
> control center but it has no effect. The value I entered are here, but
> the screen will never shut down.
>
> $ xset q
> [...]
> DPMS (Energy Star):
>  Standby: 300    Suspend: 600    Off: 900
>  DPMS is Enabled
>  Monitor is On
> [...]
>
> Under KDE the command "xset dpms force off" (off or whatever) will do
> nothing. My monitor just sits there, as if I had never done anything.
>
>