Xorg DPMS energy saving activating with user activty

TheJackal · Last edited by TheJackal on Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:53 am; edited 1 time in total

I'm running :

- Xorg 6.7.0
- NVIDIA Kernel driver 1.0-5336
- gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 20040412 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3-r6, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6)
- Kernel 2.6.7 (gentoo-dev-sources)

I've enabled DPMS support in the xorg.conf file by adding Option "DPMS" and I'm using the KDE Control Centre to set the screen blanking time to 10 minutes.

The problem I have is that regardless of user activity, in other words I can be moving the mouse around or using the keyboard, the display goes into power saving mode every 10 minutes!

This is annoying as it takes a while to recover from power saving mode, any suggestions or indications that this could may well be a bug (Xorg or NVIDIA drivers) ?
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firephoto · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:05 am Post subject:

I have the same problem, Xorg and KDE but it only seems to happen once after I log into KDE. I do notice if I leave a kopete chat window open overnight it shows me as going idle>online>idle>online.... repeatedly.

StringCheesian · l33t Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 887

Same thing here, except it seems to be random here, happening occasionally, not regularly.

TheJackal · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:53 am Post subject:

I can confirm that it also happens randomly here!

Its definately something to do with DPMS as the display goes into power saving mode each time.
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TheJackal · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:02 pm Post subject:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56443
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Warp4 · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 47

ok,

put in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.

Option "BlankTime" "0" # minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts. These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific. These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

Option "StandbyTime" "0" # Turn off screen (DPMS)
Option "SuspendTime" "0" # Full suspend
Option "OffTime" "0" # Turn off

back to KDE Control Centre and set the screen blanking time to 10 or ? minutes.

This works for me :wink:

firephoto · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject:

Ok I tried the above in my xorg.conf and it doesn't seem to have changed my chat status from going online/idle/really ide over and over. I left a chat window open all night, here's the results.

TheJackal · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

Warp4 · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 47

hi,

I only set the suspend time in KDE to 30 minutes.
Standby disabled
Power off disabled

Section "ServerLayout"

Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "0"
Option "SuspendTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "0"

works for me :roll:

Warpy

firephoto · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:35 am Post subject:

I believe the power save happening when in use is related to to the "suspend" option (no vertical signal), and the system thinking it isn't idle (messenger programs) is related to the "power off" option. My chat window set me online at the exact time the display should have been going into power off but this could just be a KDE issue. The random screen blanking from DPMS seems to be the suspend time which isn't happening right on the proper time either.

I was testing with standby (no horizontal signal) at 1 minute, suspend (no vertical sig) at 2 minute, and after 2 minutes I still had a vertical signal and waited a few seconds then just turned off standby and suspend and set power off to 30 minutes. I applied the settings, closed the window and a few moments later the "suspend" kicked in till my mouse movement kicked it out.

Here's some KDE bugs about this issue or they seem similar.
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82377
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81986

kellwood · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject:

Hello

I would like to add that I am having the same problem, having recently switched to xorg. I am running:

xorg 6.7.0-r1
kernel 2.4.26
gnome 2.6
ati radeon 7500 with dri

jayc · n00b Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 26

Just giving a "me too" here. I haven't changed any options in the xorg.conf file, but I have xscreensaver set to turn off after 10 minutes.

The first time I start X, the screen will turn off no matter what after 10 minutes. It will do this a second time after it comes back on. After I wake it up that time it won't do it again until X is restarted once more. Crazy!

(This is in GNOME, btw).

firephoto · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:06 am Post subject:

I haven't noticed the problem since I set my suspend and standby times to zero and only set the power off time. I have all three set to zero in my xorg.conf and only use the kde display setup to set the power off time. I'd guess there's a Gnome display setup dialog for the power settings too but maybe there isn't? Also the screensaver setting for "Make aware of power management" isn't checked.

I'm also using the latest xorg but I believe I got rid of the problem before I upgraded.

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wickwire · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 71

Hi there,

I have an ATI 9700, an Nforce 2 mobo and X.org: