Re: DPMS not working
Try putting
Option "DPMS"
in the Monitor section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Though be warned
that, as others have mentioned, DPMS may do weird bad things with X4, like
crash your X server.
-chris
Michael Abraham Shulman <shulman@caltech.edu> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have any ideas why my DPMS features stopped working
> sometime around the time I upgraded to XFree86 4? `xset q' says:
>
> DPMS (Energy Star):
> Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400
> DPMS is Enabled
> Monitor is On
>
> But no matter how long the computer sits idle, DPMS never seems to be
> enabled. Also `xset dpms force <state>' doesn't do anything.
>
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