Re: DPMS

[Seth R Arnold <sarnold@willamette.edu>]

* Simon Kongshoj <simon@cs.auc.dk> [000918 02:09]:
> > With the XFree 4.x-packages, this no longer works - the screen just goes 
> > blank, but does not power down. Is this a known bug, and is there a
> > workaround? 
> 
> You need to activate DPMS explicitly in the XF86Config file to get
> DPMS. IIRC, you need a line called 'Option	"DPMS"' in the Monitor
> section.

In addition, having all three timeout values be the same *may* be
causing problems.

In a related issue, does anyone have dual-head DPMS working? My G400 max
only powers down the primary monitor at the requested time interval.
Option "DPMS" is specified once for each monitor.

Thanks. :)

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