Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:14:55 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DPMS not turning off LCD screen Message-ID: <20050314131455.19f64d43@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <200503100325.j2A3PjhQ069843@istari.comcast.net> References: <200503100325.j2A3PjhQ069843@istari.comcast.net>
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:25:45 -0500 (EST) "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@comcast.net> wrote: > I have a Sony SDM-HX93 LCD monitor running off an Nvidia GeForce FX > 5500. > > I have the DPMS option set in my xorg configuration file, but while > the screen turns off, the monitor never enters power off mode (it > remains 'backlit'). > > Any suggestions where to look for the error? > > Thanks, > -- > Stephen J. Roznowski (sjr@comcast.net) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hello, The configuration file 'xorg.conf' can have the following settings (for more information see xorg.conf(5)): ============================================================= Section "ServerFlags" [...] Option "BlankTime" "3" # just blank the screen Option "StandbyTime" "5" # DPMS state "stand by" Option "SuspendTime" "5" # DPMS state "suspend" Option "OffTime" "5" # DPMS state "off" EndSection Section "Monitor" [...] Option "DPMS" # enable DPMS EndSection ============================================================= The first 4 option lines (in section "ServerFlags") contain the name of the option followed by the number of minutes of inactivity to wait before activate them. The last option (in section "Monitor") *must* be enabled for DPMS to work. In some monitors (like mine) all the DPMS states of inactivity are the same, that turn off the monitor. The "BlankTime" indicated the time to wait before displaying a black screen, not turning off (or suspend, etc.) the monitor, like DPMS states do. So im my monitor, after 3 mminutes of inactivity the screen will be blanked, then, if I do not do anything, 2 minutes after that the monitor will turn off. The commands to try them are: Try one DPMS state (choose one): xset dpms force (off|standby|suspend) Try the screen blank (sleep is required because when you press enter it starts, but when you release it, or it start repeating, it stops): xset s blank sleep 3 ; xset s activate Best Regards, Ale
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