On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:49:44 +0100 Jonathan Rawle <jr36@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fernando Perez wrote: > > > > Display doesn't shut off > > ------------------------ > > > > I have display power management enabled in KDE, and it does go > > black, but not > > really off. I issue manually > > > > xset dpms force off > > > > it goes black, but the monitor doesn't detect that it's in 'power > > save' mode, where the power light would switch from green to orange. > > > > You're lucky! I can't stop DPMS from activating on my machine. After > 30 minutes the screen blanks and the monitor goes off, and it happens > again 10 minutes later - this is while I'm sitting using the computer! > If I disable DPMS is xorg.conf, it still goes blank but without > powering down the monitor. > > I originally thought this was a KDE bug, but it still happens even if > all power management is disabled in the KDE control centre. KDE 3.2.3 > doesn't fix it either. Have you tried passing apm=off on the kernel boot arguments? Best, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
