On Friday 04 January 2008 07:33, Chris wrote: > > Display Power Management (DPMS) is separate from the > > screen saver. > > Is there any possibility the DPMS can cause this > behaviour?Can I disable it from the xorg.conf?
I use KDE and I've never seen the DPMS settings in the KDE Control Center not work as they should. You don't say which desktop software you're using, but if it's KDE (and I would expect Gnome to have something comparable), you can select a screen saver and invoke it directly in testing mode from the Control Center (note that in this case, moving the mouse won't cancel the test, only a click or a keyboard will do that). This will allow you to verify that a given screen saver is working. But as Stefan and others point out, you should not disable DPMS for ordinary use. For kiosks, sure, but not for a system that's used as a desktop DPMS is much more important than a screen saver (especially for LCD displays). A final thing comes to mind: The power management software alters the way screen savers and DPMS work. I've never configured this stuff on my 10.0 system, so I don't know how it works there, but on 10.3, with the KDE power management tray application you can define and select modes (intended primarily for giving presentations) that suspend the screen saver and DPMS so your presentation is not interrupted. You might want to check out how that's set up and which regime is selected. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
