On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > > > > Ever since I upgraded to woody many many months ago (on two different > > machines) DPMS no longer powers off my monitors. I just can't figure it > > out. xscreensaver blanks the screen but it never goes into power-saving > > modes. > > > > I'm actually running woody/sid. > > > > Can anybody claim that this works with XFree 4.x? > > Some more info: > > When I turn on xscreensaver debug, it puts this message on the screen when > it blanks the screen: > > xscreensaver: X says monitor is powered down; not launching a hack > > It seems like X thinks the monitor is powered down, but it isn't.
I finally found it: Section "Device" Identifier "Asus AGP-V7700 GeForce2 GTS Delux" Driver "nv" # Enable DPMS for powersave mode. Option "DPMS" EndSection Works again. Only took me 10 months to find the answer! ...RickM...