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Re: No DPMS with xdm and xautolock?



dlauder@acsworld.net (David Lauder) writes:

> I'm running Debian 1.3.1 on a 486 with the XF86_P9000 Xserver. My
> monitor supports DPMS and I have the power_save option and
> StandbyTime, SuspendTime, and OffTime options set in my XF86Config
> file.
> 
> The monitor suspends and powers down in X except when either running
> xautolock or when at the xdm login screen. Does anyone know why this
> is happening, and what I should do to enable DPMS powersaving for
> the xdm login and when running a screensaver?

xlock disables the screen saver by default.  You can use the
-enablesaver option to override this (according to the manual).  I
can't tell you about xdm as I'm not using it.

        Torsten

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