On 26 Aug 1997, Michael Harnois wrote: > Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > While running X, Debian blanks my screen just fine. However, what I'd > > like to do is to convince Debian to handle the "green" power-saving > > functions of my video system. This functions well under Win95 and OS/2, but > > for some reason doesn't seem to work with Debian. > > It took me forever to figure this out. > > I have > > xset s noblank > xset s noexpose > xset dpms 3600 7200 0 > > in ~/.xsession. Check the docs for xset to see why. (I believe it > requires a recent version.) Just entering "xset" will give you a list > of options.
The above syntax seems to be correct for all the xservers as of XFREE3.3, but before that it varied. In addition, one used to add the line 'option "power_saver"' to the XF86Config file (in the correct device section). This is no longer necessary as far as I can tell, unless you are using XFREE3.x, where x<3. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
