New DPMS behavior in 7.4

[Andrew J. Caines]

Mark

> Adding similar lines into xorg.conf results in an encouraging entry in
> X11.0.log:
> (**) Option "BlankTime" "10"
> (**) Option "StandbyTime" "15"
> (**) Option "SuspendTime" "0"
> (**) Option "OffTime" "30"
> However xset does not pick 'em up:
> DPMS (Energy Star):
>  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0

Looks like something which starts after the X server is applying
different settings. That something is very likely a desktop manager -
Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc.

If you are running one of these, then look at the settings relating to
screensavers, power settings or wherever it hides these settings.


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