Bug#568555: xserver-xorg: DPMS "off" doesn't stick

[Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>]

Hi Michel,

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:07:21AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Don, 2011-08-18 at 08:37 +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: 
> > I'm experiencing the same symptoms as the original submitter. I've
> > tried watching all the input devices (using evtest) while executing
> > "xset dpms force off", but the display always comes back without there
> > being any input event registered.
> 
> Are you running it like
> 
> sleep 1; xset dpms force off
> 
> ? Otherwise, one common issue is that xset runs when the enter key goes
> down, and then the key up event immediately disables DPMS again.

I am indeed, at least in effect:
for dev in /dev/input/event*; do (sudo xterm -e "evtest $dev" &); done; read; sleep 2; xset dpms force off

Regards,

Stephen