DPMS not turning off LCD screen

[Loren M. Lang]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:25:45PM -0500, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote:
> I have a Sony SDM-HX93 LCD monitor running off an Nvidia GeForce FX
> 5500.
> 
> I have the DPMS option set in my xorg configuration file, but while
> the screen turns off, the monitor never enters power off mode (it
> remains 'backlit').
> 
> Any suggestions where to look for the error?

What does xset say about dpms?

You may have to tell xscreensaver or kdesktop specifically to use dpms
in addition to the xorg.conf file.

> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Stephen J. Roznowski    (sjr at comcast.net)
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