Re: xset - global settings
Arcady Genkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm experimenting with utilizing xset's dpms setting to suspend and turn off my monitor. It works fine if I add a line like this: /usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms 300 600 900 to my .xsession. Problem: I would like to go a step further and set this feature to work even wiht graphical login screen. So that if I boot up my computer, but don't want to login, the screen would be blanked after certain time. Which script do I put the setting in? I tried /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, /etc/X11/Xsession, and /etc/X11/wdm/Xstartup_0, but I guess all these scripts are read only *after* an actual login by a user. Try to edit your XF86Config file like this excerpt from mine: Section Device Identifier My_card [...] Option power_saver # EndSection Section Screen Driver svga [...] BlankTime 3 # SuspendTime 10 # OffTime 20 # This blanks the screen after 3 min., suspends the monitor after 10 and turns it off after 20. Greetings, joachim
Re: xset - global settings
Joachim Trinkwitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Try to edit your XF86Config file like this excerpt from mine: Section Device Identifier My_card [...] Option power_saver # EndSection Section Screen Driver svga [...] BlankTime 3 # SuspendTime 10 # OffTime 20 # This blanks the screen after 3 min., suspends the monitor after 10 and turns it off after 20. Cool! This seems to be exactly what I wanted to do! I'll test it tomorrow. Do I still need to run xset dpms 300 600 90 from my ~/.xsession now, though, or will it be taken care of by the global setting in XF86Config? TIA! -- Arcady Genkin
Re: xset - global settings
On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 10:47:46PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: Cool! This seems to be exactly what I wanted to do! I'll test it tomorrow. Do I still need to run xset dpms 300 600 90 from my ~/.xsession now, though, or will it be taken care of by the global setting in XF86Config? There is no need to mess with xset dpms if the settings would be the same as those in the XF86Config file. -- G. Branden Robinson | I must despise the world which does not Debian GNU/Linux | know that music is a higher revelation [EMAIL PROTECTED] | than all wisdom and philosophy. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- Ludwig van Beethoven pgpjPn0XNAZEp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xset - global settings
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 12:45:44AM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: Problem: I would like to go a step further and set this feature to work even wiht graphical login screen. So that if I boot up my computer, but don't want to login, the screen would be blanked after certain time. Which script do I put the setting in? man setterm If you want this to happen no matter what when booting, you might consider editing /etc/rc.boot/kbd to include the appropriate setterm command(s). -- G. Branden Robinson | I came, I saw, she conquered. The Debian GNU/Linux | original Latin seems to have been [EMAIL PROTECTED] | garbled. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- Robert Heinlein pgpQLtiKX2mrE.pgp Description: PGP signature
xset - global settings
Hi all: I'm experimenting with utilizing xset's dpms setting to suspend and turn off my monitor. It works fine if I add a line like this: /usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms 300 600 900 to my .xsession. Problem: I would like to go a step further and set this feature to work even wiht graphical login screen. So that if I boot up my computer, but don't want to login, the screen would be blanked after certain time. Which script do I put the setting in? I tried /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, /etc/X11/Xsession, and /etc/X11/wdm/Xstartup_0, but I guess all these scripts are read only *after* an actual login by a user. -- Arcady Genkin
