Re: [gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 09:01:04AM +, Michael wrote >> Are you using a Display Port, or HDMI connection perhaps? Modern >> monitors come with their own onboard chipset which may lose sync with >> the PC. I've experience the opposite with mine when I first bought it >> and thought the PC had crashed ... :-) > HDMI port according to the message on the display. Another quirk > when the blanking works and the screen is dark. Every several minutes > the entire screen goes bright blue for a few seconds and then returns to > dark for the next several minutes. > I haven't been following this thread as I'm not familiar with xset but this info made me think. Could you have a bad cable? Maybe the plug on the back of the monitor or video card is worn out and not making a good connection? Maybe there is a dust bunny in the connector preventing a good connection. Just a thought. Maybe. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 09:01:04AM +, Michael wrote > > Are you using a Display Port, or HDMI connection perhaps? Modern > monitors come with their own onboard chipset which may lose sync with > the PC. I've experience the opposite with mine when I first bought it > and thought the PC had crashed ... :-) HDMI port according to the message on the display. Another quirk when the blanking works and the screen is dark. Every several minutes the entire screen goes bright blue for a few seconds and then returns to dark for the next several minutes. -- Roses are red Roses are blue Depending on their velocity Relative to you
Re: [gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
On 2/18/24 03:35, Walter Dnes wrote: On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 08:21:42PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote Regardless of the above, the monitor does not blank after 10 minutes (i.e. 600 seconds). If I run "xset dpms force off" from xterm (both as local user and as root), the display goes dark... for approximately 1 second... and then returns to normal. So I turned the monitor off with the physical switch, took a nap, and turned it on when I got up. Now the blanking works again. Cue the Microsoft support jokes. What gives??? At least you have a power switch. (something about uphill both ways?) I recently bought a pair of reconditioned 27" Acer 2K monitors, and they do not have a physical power switch. I have also not found an "off" in the on-screen controls. They do go blank for power saving, but they take about three seconds to wake up again.
Re: [gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
On Sunday, 18 February 2024 08:35:18 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 08:21:42PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > > > Regardless of the above, the monitor does not blank after 10 minutes > > > > (i.e. 600 seconds). If I run "xset dpms force off" from xterm (both as > > local user and as root), the display goes dark... for approximately 1 > > second... and then returns to normal. > > So I turned the monitor off with the physical switch, took a nap, and > turned it on when I got up. Now the blanking works again. Cue the > Microsoft support jokes. What gives??? Are you using a Display Port, or HDMI connection perhaps? Modern monitors come with their own onboard chipset which may lose sync with the PC. I've experience the opposite with mine when I first bought it and thought the PC had crashed ... :-) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 08:21:42PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > Regardless of the above, the monitor does not blank after 10 minutes > (i.e. 600 seconds). If I run "xset dpms force off" from xterm (both as > local user and as root), the display goes dark... for approximately 1 > second... and then returns to normal. So I turned the monitor off with the physical switch, took a nap, and turned it on when I got up. Now the blanking works again. Cue the Microsoft support jokes. What gives??? -- Roses are red Roses are blue Depending on their velocity Relative to you
[gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
My settings... [x8940][waltdnes][~] xset q Keyboard Control: auto repeat: onkey click percent: 0LED mask: 0002 XKB indicators: 00: Caps Lock: off01: Num Lock:on 02: Scroll Lock: off 03: Compose: off04: Kana:off05: Sleep: off 06: Suspend: off07: Mute:off08: Misc:off 09: Mail:off10: Charging:off11: Shift Lock: off 12: Group 2: off13: Mouse Keys: off auto repeat delay: 660repeat rate: 25 auto repeating keys: 00ffdbbf fadfffefffed 9fff fff7 bell percent: 50bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yesallow exposures: yes timeout: 600cycle: 600 Colors: default colormap: 0x20BlackPixel: 0x0WhitePixel: 0xff Font Path: /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,built-ins,/usr/share/fonts/misc DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling): Standby: 600Suspend: 601Off: 602 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On Regardless of the above, the monitor does not blank after 10 minutes (i.e. 600 seconds). If I run "xset dpms force off" from xterm (both as local user and as root), the display goes dark... for approximately 1 second... and then returns to normal. Don't know if this is relavant, but yesterday I was fighting a grocery delivery website for the better part of an hour trying to place a simple order. In the course of that, X crashed to a text tty commandline a few times. Calling support confirmed a nationwide problem at their end. The help desk guy was surprised that I managed to get my order through at all; it was that bad at their end. Anyhow, my order was delivered OK this morning. The DPMS issue started yesterday, so I wonder if it's related to the X crashes. -- Roses are red Roses are blue Depending on their velocity Relative to you
