Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
Gerald Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way that made the monitor switch off... why isn't that possible with my potato? In X session `xset dpms force off' will turn off the monitor right away. Xset manual page (section related to dpms option) tells how to set the timing parameters to do this after a period of inactivity. HTH. Denis
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
In X session `xset dpms force off' will turn off the monitor right away. Xset manual page (section related to dpms option) tells how to set the timing parameters to do this after a period of inactivity. doing this under x/4 just blanks my screens (the second head of the g400 usually turning a colour other than black, too ;o). iirc, x3.3 used to be able to use the proper dpms modes. do i have to do something different now? cheers damien pgpQWEIRNYMCi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
Eric G . Miller egm2@jps.net writes: On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 08:36:44PM -0400, John Anderson wrote: You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. Untrue. There's a way to enable DPMS in XF86Config (or with xset). I just use my BIOS settings for inactivity time. 10-20-30 Ya, I use xset. In my .xsession I put xset dpms 1200 1200 1200, but you may as well put it is XF86Config, as Eric did. Matt
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
Bob Nielsen wrote: If you want it to go into the low-power green mode (light turns amber) you can run: /usr/bin/setterm -powersave on This works in a VC. For X you need to put the following in your XF86Config: Option power_saver # enable VESA DPMS or use xset erik On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:08:18PM -0400, John Anderson wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Gerald Richter wrote: John Anderson wrote: You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. Well, seems I've forgotten to activate that! But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way that made the monitor switch off... why isn't that possible with my potato? Do you really mean the monitor shut offs completely or did the monitor light blink or turn amber? You have to download the kernel-source package(s) through dselect and then in the /usr/src/linux dir tar Ixvf kernel-sources-2.2..., them make menuconfig, you will be presented with a nice menu driven program. Select the APM features I mentioned earlier. then save the configuration upon exiting the program. then issue the command make dep and after that is run, make zlilo. If the kernel compiles correctly you can reboot it and the new kernel should take effect. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:43:04AM +0200, Gerald Richter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi! anyone remember how to get the monitor not just go black, but tell it to use the -what was it called? vesa-compliant green-mode stuff-thing... in ~/.xsession or /etc/X11/Xsession, add: xset blank-seconds standby-seconds shutdown-seconds e.g.: xset 600 900 1200 ...which gives ten minutes to blank, 15 minutes to standby, and 20 minutes to shutdown, on my monitor. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgpkGUeTSmnmW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:32:54PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:43:04AM +0200, Gerald Richter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi! anyone remember how to get the monitor not just go black, but tell it to use the -what was it called? vesa-compliant green-mode stuff-thing... in ~/.xsession or /etc/X11/Xsession, add: xset blank-seconds standby-seconds shutdown-seconds e.g.: xset 600 900 1200 ...which gives ten minutes to blank, 15 minutes to standby, and 20 minutes to shutdown, on my monitor. I have to use xset dpms 600 900 1200. Without the dpms in there it doesn't do anything for me. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
Hi! anyone remember how to get the monitor not just go black, but tell it to use the -what was it called? vesa-compliant green-mode stuff-thing... Thanx! Gerald -- .oO nothing like |P| Gerald Manfred Richter Zen |A| Tel.:+43 1 596 39 78 until --+--:e-mail: -=E Zen |V|[EMAIL PROTECTED] like nothing |I| [EMAIL PROTECTED] .oO
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 01:43:04AM +0200, Gerald Richter wrote: anyone remember how to get the monitor not just go black, but tell it to use the -what was it called? vesa-compliant green-mode stuff-thing... You want your monitor to be switched off, don't you? Did you enable Enable console blanking using APM in the kernel? Phil
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. === John Kerr Anderson Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 === On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Gerald Richter wrote: Hi! anyone remember how to get the monitor not just go black, but tell it to use the -what was it called? vesa-compliant green-mode stuff-thing... Thanx! Gerald -- .oO nothing like |P| Gerald Manfred Richter Zen |A| Tel.:+43 1 596 39 78 until --+--:e-mail: -=E Zen |V|[EMAIL PROTECTED] like nothing |I| [EMAIL PROTECTED] .oO -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
John Anderson wrote: You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. Well, seems I've forgotten to activate that! But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way that made the monitor switch off... why isn't that possible with my potato? Thanx! Gerald. -- .oO nothing like |P| Gerald Manfred Richter Zen |A| Tel.:+43 1 596 39 78 until --+--:e-mail: -=E Zen |V|[EMAIL PROTECTED] like nothing |I| [EMAIL PROTECTED] .oO
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Gerald Richter wrote: John Anderson wrote: You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. Well, seems I've forgotten to activate that! But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way that made the monitor switch off... why isn't that possible with my potato? Do you really mean the monitor shut offs completely or did the monitor light blink or turn amber? You have to download the kernel-source package(s) through dselect and then in the /usr/src/linux dir tar Ixvf kernel-sources-2.2..., them make menuconfig, you will be presented with a nice menu driven program. Select the APM features I mentioned earlier. then save the configuration upon exiting the program. then issue the command make dep and after that is run, make zlilo. If the kernel compiles correctly you can reboot it and the new kernel should take effect. Thanx! Gerald. -- .oO nothing like |P| Gerald Manfred Richter Zen |A| Tel.:+43 1 596 39 78 until --+--:e-mail: -=E Zen |V|[EMAIL PROTECTED] like nothing |I| [EMAIL PROTECTED] .oO
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 08:36:44PM -0400, John Anderson wrote: You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. Untrue. There's a way to enable DPMS in XF86Config (or with xset). I just use my BIOS settings for inactivity time. 10-20-30 -- /bin/sh ~/.signature: Command not found
Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?
If you want it to go into the low-power green mode (light turns amber) you can run: /usr/bin/setterm -powersave on This works in a VC. For X you need to put the following in your XF86Config: Option power_saver # enable VESA DPMS On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:08:18PM -0400, John Anderson wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Gerald Richter wrote: John Anderson wrote: You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. Well, seems I've forgotten to activate that! But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way that made the monitor switch off... why isn't that possible with my potato? Do you really mean the monitor shut offs completely or did the monitor light blink or turn amber? You have to download the kernel-source package(s) through dselect and then in the /usr/src/linux dir tar Ixvf kernel-sources-2.2..., them make menuconfig, you will be presented with a nice menu driven program. Select the APM features I mentioned earlier. then save the configuration upon exiting the program. then issue the command make dep and after that is run, make zlilo. If the kernel compiles correctly you can reboot it and the new kernel should take effect. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
