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Re: xset problem -- dpms keeps shutting off



on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:20:46AM -0800, John Bagdanoff (bagdanof@home.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:00:50AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > Debian/Sid, x86.
> > 
> > After a system update yesterday, I noticed:
> > 
> >   - xset dpms keeps getting shut off.  
> >   
> > My monitor doesn't automatically blank, stand-by, and shut off.  If I
> > force dpms back on and a monitor shutoff, the monitor comes back on some
> > time later.
> 
> >     DPMS (Energy Star):
> >       Standby: 10    Suspend: 10    Off: 10
> >       DPMS is Disabled
> >       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  
> > I'm quite perplexed.
> 
> Sorry, Karsten, I've no solution.  This is just a "me too" reply.  I'm
> using woody, but the xfree86 in woody  is the same package as sid.  
> I'm hoping you have solved this perplexing problem since you posted, but
> just in case you haven't, I just wanted to know a couple of things,
> like:
> 
> Do you use the:
> Option          "DPMS"
> in XF86Config-4?  I've never got this to work, so I've always used:
> xset dpms 0 0 2400
> in my ~/.xsession file.
> This has worked until the recent upgrade.

I'm running XF86 v 3.x on this particular box, so v4 configs don't
apply.

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