On 21 Dec 2001, Michel [ISO-8859-1] D�nzer wrote: > On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 16:09, Nate Pearlstein wrote: > > > 1. DPMS doesn't work. I looked in the source and it seems that DPMS > > only gets turned on if connected to a CRT. Why shouldn't this work for > > a flatpanel? > > Why should it? ;) I think DPMS was conceived for CRTs so I wouldn't > expect it to apply to flat panels naturally.
The manual for the SGI 1600sw says: > To turn off the monitor, press the power button on the front. See > Figure 1-1. SGI recommends that you turn off your monitor when you > are going to be away for more than a few hours; doing so can > dramatically increase the life span of the lamps in the backlight of > the flat panel monitor. > > Also, if your computer has screen-saver and power-saving functions, > make sure they are enabled. As with a CRT, the screen saver prevents > an image from being burned into the screen. Using a power-saving > function helps prolong the life of the backlight lamps inside the > flat panel monitor. Which is fairly conclusive evidence that DPMS applies to this flat panel at least. More generally, laptops have a limited warantee on the flat panel back light, and often recommend that you turn them off when not in use. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
