Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 21:56:01 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xfree86, xlock & DPMS screen blank Message-ID: <199812080356.VAA31202@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 18:04:51 %2B1100." <199812070705.SAA00756@melba.bby.com.au>
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Gregory Bond writes: > Howdy, > > I'm trying to work out the correct incantation to get DPMS Powersaving > happening under XFree86 3.3.3 & 3.0-Current. > > In my XF86Config file I've added > Option "power_saver" > BlankTime 1 > SuspendTime 20 > OffTime 30 > to the 'Section "Screen"' but it doesn't appear to ever blank and xlock > -dpmsstandby option doesn't seem to do anything. > > Is there something I need to do with the vt console as well? I'm asking DPMS questions too. See my message. For starters you might try "xset q" and see what the X server thinks your DPMS values are. Mine defaulted to "xset dpms 600 0 0" with DPMS disabled. My question is, "what do those 3 numbers stand for and how are the time intervals measured?" -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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