DPMS not working
Guy Middleton
guy at obstruction.com
Wed Jun 25 05:16:55 PDT 2003
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 10:57:01PM -0500, Eric Dedrick wrote:
> I'm running 4.8 and XF86 Version 4.2.1.
>
> DPMS isn't working right on my new machine (ASUS A7A266 motherboard).
>
> 1. The monitor is capable of doing DPMS
> 2. DPMS works fine when the monitor is just displaying a text console
> 3. DPMS does not work from X
> 4. I have checked my /etc/X11/XF86Config file, Options "DPMS" is in the
> monitor section.
> 5. xset q says
> DPMS (Energy Star):
> Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400
> DPMS is Enabled
> Monitor is On
> 6. Everything seems to just blank the screen, but never powers off the
> monitor:
> xset dpms force off
> the screen goes blank, but the monitor does not power off.
> 7. I have tried many different DPMS settings in my BIOS and I think it
> should be okay.
>
> Any guesses? Thanks.
I still haven't figured mine out. I asked on the xfree86 list also, but
had no replies yet.
-Guy
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