> On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 00:13 +0200, Vincent Lönngren wrote: > > > I've noticed something else: contrary to what I wrote in my original > > report, the screen is actually turned off by g-p-m, but there is a delay > > of a few minutes where the screen is blanked but on. This confused me. I > > still think it's kind of weird, but it's not a problem to me since it > > eventually turns off anyway.
That sounds like normal behaviour. Normally gnome-screensaver blanks the screen and gnome-power-manager triggers DPMS some minutes later. > The g-p-m FAQ mentions something about this, > > My monitor is broken and treats DPMS standby and off states as > 'no-signal' which leaves the monitor powered on. > > You have to change the dpms suspend mode gnome-power-manager > uses. > Open gconf-editor, and then change the > keys /apps/gnome-power-manager/ac_dpms_sleep_method > and /apps/gnome-power-manager/battery_dpms_sleep_method to > one of the modes that work, e.g. standby, suspend or off. The keys seem to have changed to /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight/dpms_method_ac and /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight/dpms_method_battery. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
