fred
>>> expert 11/06/00 20:00 >>>
fred
>>> expert 11/06/00 19:09 >>>
fred
>>> expert 11/06/00 17:34 >>>
fred
>>> expert 11/06/00 16:07 >>>
fred
>>> expert 11/06/00 15:23 >>>
O.K., I think I found the solution. (I think! I'll have to
wait more than 20 minutes to verify.)
When doing a diff on the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 files from
Mandrake 7.1 and Mandrake 7.2, there's an option now enabled
in the 7.2 file for DPMS, which wasn't there in 7.1 (which I
assume is related to monitor power, but I'm not sure what it
stands for exactly):
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nv"
# VideoRam 4096
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"
#### commented out 11/6/00 to stop the monitor powering off ...
#Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Now that I commented it out, it is not powering off any more :)
I don't know whose arbitrary decision it was to assume that I
wanted my monitor to turn off after 20 minutes of inactivity,
but I DON'T LIKE IT! I can understand Microsoft assuming that
I would like that kind of behavior by default, but I wouldn't
have expected it from Mandrake... hmmm ... it seems like
this distro. is more headed towards the mainstream newbie windoze98
type of crowd... what a shame :(
GenEric
generic wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to stop the monitor from powering off?
>
> In either KDE or GNOME, I have a screensaver running, with
> the option to power off the monitor DISABLED, but it keeps
> powering off anyway.
>
> Anyone know of a workaround?
>
> Here's the contents of $HOME/.gnome/Screensaver:
>
> [Default]
> nice=10
> waitmins=20
> dpmsmins=0
> dpms=false
> password=false
> mode=Mountain
> command=xscreensaver -no-splash -timeout 20 -nice 10 -xrm "*programs: mountain
>-root"
>
> Thanks,
> GenEric
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