[SDBUG] Re: Monitor dimming

[Peter Leftwich]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> If you want -- it's entirely up to you.  X has an impressively long
> list of places and variant filenames where it will search for the
> XF86Config file: so much so that you should take some care about where
> you leave copies lying around.  I believe that /etc/X11/XF86Config is
> the preferred, if you like, "standard" location under FreeBSD.

I have enough stuff in /etc  :-)  I'll just keep it /etc/XF86Config

> > None of these "ServerFlags" are mentioned in my XF86Config file.  Is the
> > blanking, standing by and suspending controlled by the "ati" driver in my
> > case, do you think?  Or is there a default of some sort that is "compiled"
> > into the X server binary??
> There's lots of stuff that might go into XF86Config which isn't
> mentioned in the automatically generated config file, produced by

But I meant, in *my* XF86Config there is no mention of the blanktime or
standby or suspend timings, and yet, after about 5-10 minutes of idle time
my monitor somehow KNOWS to dim itself.  Where else might I find the cause?

(Nota Bene: I'm happy with the setting, just curious about its source!!)

> 'XFree86 -configure'. In this case, these options will be applicable
> if your monitor supports DPMS, irrespective of the make of your video
> card.  Most monitors do, now-a-days.
> 	Cheers,
> 	Matthew
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Fuel for a mean spirited virus or shell script ;-)  I say!

Is xset the only thing that can make use of DPMS or is there a binary in
the default / standard / minimum *BSD installation to control it too?

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