Re: getting the screen to suspend/turn off: the sage continues

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 sacampbe@mercator.math.uwaterloo.ca wrote:

> I wrote a week or so ago about getting the screen to suspend/turn off.
> Many replies (correctly) said to use 'Option "power_saver"' in XF86Config.
> Within 5 minutes, I had it working. The problem is, I haven't been
> able to get it to work since! The one thing different from many that
> posted is that with my system I have to use 'xset s noblank' to even
> get the screensaver to kick in (otherwise only the cursor disappears).
> Also, the screensaver won't work if 'xset s noexpose' is used.
> Using SuspendTime and OffTime don't make a difference. There aren't
> any other options to play with. Has anyone else had problems like this?
> 
> The system uses an ATI Mach64 CT if that matters.

I've found that I cannot use 'xset s noblank' or the power saver will not 
work.  I use xlockmore, and it works with screen blanking set.  What I've 
done is to set the blank time equal to the suspend time.  Note that I 
manually start xlock from a menu under X.  Note also that xlock must be 
started with the option -enablesaver to allow the powerdown of the 
monitor.

Syrus.


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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.