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rac00n
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 Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject: Monitor Standby Help (solved) |
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Hey, just wondering how I could get my monitor to go into standby mode.
Ive set it in Xscreensaver, but all it does is make the screen go black and my monitors LED stays green(PowerOn mode). Where as in windows the monitor would go into standby with an orange LED.
Any help/ideas/comments would be most appreciated.
Btw Gentoo > all! 
--rac00n
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gnuageux
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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To setup this at the console, load the "apm" module, or enable
it using apm=on on the lilo prompt.
For XFree, you either run "xset dpms number number number" manually in
an xterm, or you edit the XF86Config-4 file and add the following
options to the ServerLayout section.
Option "StandbyTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "standby" phase
of DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value
can be changed at run-time with xset(1). Default:
20 minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS
compatible monitors, and may not be supported by
all video drivers. It is only enabled for screens
that have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR
section below).
Option "SuspendTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "suspend" phase
of DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value
can be changed at run-time with xset(1). Default:
30 minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS
compatible monitors, and may not be supported by
all video drivers. It is only enabled for screens
that have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR
section below).
Option "OffTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "off" phase of
DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value can
be changed at run-time with xset(1). Default: 40
minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS com
patible monitors, and may not be supported by all
video drivers. It is only enabled for screens that
have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section
below).
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rac00n
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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I can't seem to load the "apm" module because I have ACPI installed in the kernel.
Doesn't ACPI do the same thing as apm?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but APM is disable if ACPI is loaded first right? |
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gnuageux
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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I beleive that adding this to /etc/X11/XF86Config will resolve.
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Option "OffTime" "time"
sets the inactivity timeout for the "off" phase of
DPMS mode. time is in minutes, and the value can
be changed at run-time with xset(1). Default: 40
minutes. This is only suitable for VESA DPMS com
patible monitors, and may not be supported by all
video drivers. It is only enabled for screens that
have the "DPMS" option set (see the MONITOR section
below).
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Braetene
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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in your XF86Config file, in the monitor section, after the refresh rates add
then in your xscreensaver settings, in the advanced tab, turn on power management and set the times there that you want
i have ACPI installed in kernel and this works for my monitor just fine
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rac00n
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, how I missed the orange LED. Nothing more satisfying then being greeted by an orange LED upon arrival after a long computer break.
Thanks guys! |
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blixel
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| Braetene wrote: | in your XF86Config file, in the monitor section, after the refresh rates add
then in your xscreensaver settings, in the advanced tab, turn on power management and set the times there that you want
i have ACPI installed in kernel and this works for my monitor just fine |
I'm having this same problem with one of my machines. The sceen never goes into power save mode. The "funny" thing is I don't (do not) have APM or ACPI compiled into my kernel on *this* computer and the video power management works just fine. I do have ACPI compiled into the kernel on the other machine and power management doesn't work on that one. I checked my xorg.conf file on *that* machine and it does have the Option "DPMS" line, as does this machine.
So I'm at a bit of a loss as to why it's not working. Maybe I should compile ACPI out of that one as well?
Actually I just had a thought ... maybe I need to recompile xscreensaver on that computer. Seems to me that I might have had different USE settings when I originally compiled it. Worth a shot. |
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