Re: DPMS not turning off LCD screen

2005-03-14 Thread Loren M. Lang 
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:25:45PM -0500, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote:
 I have a Sony SDM-HX93 LCD monitor running off an Nvidia GeForce FX
 5500.
 
 I have the DPMS option set in my xorg configuration file, but while
 the screen turns off, the monitor never enters power off mode (it
 remains 'backlit').
 
 Any suggestions where to look for the error?

What does xset say about dpms?

You may have to tell xscreensaver or kdesktop specifically to use dpms
in addition to the xorg.conf file.

 
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Re: DPMS not turning off LCD screen

2005-03-14 Thread Alejandro Pulver 
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:25:45 -0500 (EST)
Stephen J. Roznowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have a Sony SDM-HX93 LCD monitor running off an Nvidia GeForce FX
 5500.
 
 I have the DPMS option set in my xorg configuration file, but while
 the screen turns off, the monitor never enters power off mode (it
 remains 'backlit').
 
 Any suggestions where to look for the error?
 
 Thanks,
 -- 
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Hello,

The configuration file 'xorg.conf' can have the following settings (for
more information see xorg.conf(5)):

=

Section ServerFlags

[...]

OptionBlankTime3  # just blank the screen

OptionStandbyTime  5  # DPMS state stand by
OptionSuspendTime  5  # DPMS state suspend
OptionOffTime  5  # DPMS state off

EndSection

Section Monitor

[...]

Option  DPMS  # enable DPMS

EndSection

=

The first 4 option lines (in section ServerFlags) contain the name of
the option followed by the number of minutes of inactivity to wait
before activate them.

The last option (in section Monitor) *must* be enabled for DPMS to
work.

In some monitors (like mine) all the DPMS states of inactivity are the
same, that turn off the monitor. The BlankTime indicated the time to
wait before displaying a black screen, not turning off (or suspend,
etc.) the monitor, like DPMS states do.

So im my monitor, after 3 mminutes of inactivity the screen will be
blanked, then, if I do not do anything, 2 minutes after that the monitor
will turn off.

The commands to try them are:

Try one DPMS state (choose one):

xset dpms force (off|standby|suspend)

Try the screen blank (sleep is required because when you press enter it
starts, but when you release it, or it start repeating, it stops):

xset s blank
sleep 3 ; xset s activate

Best Regards,
Ale
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DPMS not turning off LCD screen

2005-03-09 Thread Stephen J. Roznowski 
I have a Sony SDM-HX93 LCD monitor running off an Nvidia GeForce FX
5500.

I have the DPMS option set in my xorg configuration file, but while
the screen turns off, the monitor never enters power off mode (it
remains 'backlit').

Any suggestions where to look for the error?

Thanks,
-- 
Stephen J. Roznowski([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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