Dave Ulrick wrote: > Has anyone figured out any way with FC2 and/or xorg to configure DPMS The line "/usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms 61 63 65 &" in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 and the line "/usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms 3600 3610 3620 &" in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession does it for me. So on login screen my monitor goes in mode - standby after 61 sec - suspend after 63 sec - off after 65 sec If a user is logged in, then the values from the second line (3600 3610 3620) are taken. > to shut off your monitor only when the system is idle, but not while > I'm in the middle of doing something? man xset: "[...] When numerical values are given, they set the inactivity period (in units of seconds) before the three modes are activated. [...]" Olaf