Bug#419960: `xset dpms force ???' has no effect
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 07:21:04PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Matt Kraai wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-vesa
> > Version: 1:1.3.0-1
> >
> > When I run `xset dpms force ???', where ??? is standby, suspend, off, or
> > on, nothing happens. Here's the lines from /var/log/Xorg.0.log that
> > contain "DPMS":
> >
> >
> >> (II) Loading extension DPMS
> >> (II) VESA(0): No DPMS capabilities specified; RGB/Color Display
> >> (**) VESA(0): DPMS enabled
> >>
>
>
> Did DPMS ever work on this screen? With another machine/driver?
Not that I know of.
> I am not familiar at all with this code, but it looks like the "no
> DPMS capabilities specified" comes from EDID/DDC, so it might mean
> that the screen does not tell the X server that it supports DPMS.
Oh. Is there a way to verify that?
--
Matt
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