On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 01:15:07AM +0000, Dieter BSD wrote: > > > Have you tried: > > $ xset +dpms > > to use standby etc.? > > xset: unknown option +dpms > > I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. > (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came > with the monitor.)
I wonder if the monitor doesn't support the Energy Star stuff or it's not switched on. Try reading the manpage for xset and fiddling around with the dpms option. E.g: $ xset dpms force on $ xset +dpms You might also want to set the timings for when the monitor goes into standby etc. > > > Font for xterm: x11-fonts/inconsolata-ttf > > I installed package inconsolata-ttf-20090215.tbz > > caching, new cache contents: 24 fonts, 0 dirs > /var/db/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory > fc-cache: succeeded > > xset fp+ /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF > xset fp rehash > xterm -fn "-*-inconsolata-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" > xterm: cannot load font -*-inconsolata-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > also xfontsel acts screwy if I select inconsolata. > The sample doesn't get updated, and it starts acting like > it needs backing store but doesn't have it. If I then > select some other family, then xfontsel starts acting > normally again. I've got this in ~.Xdefaults: XTerm*faceName: Inconsolata XTerm*faceSize: 16 > > > Pixels off screen: x11/xvidtune > > and "show" modeline once adjusted and stick it in xorg.conf > > That was easy, thanks! Glad that worked. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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