# init 5
# tail /var/log/messages
Jun 2 23:56:46 benlancaster init: Switching to runlevel: 5
Jun 2 23:56:47 benlancaster kernel: NVRM: not using NVAGP, kernel
was compiled with GART_IOMMU support!!
That isn't an X failure, its an AGP driver failure, but shouldn't be
fatal to starting X. Is X running?
Immediately after the switch to init 5, the nvidia logo appears for a
second, then the GART_IOMMU appears in my messages log. Xorg runs OK,
but is not using the nvidia drivers (no XvMC for mpeg2 content, poor
OpenGL performance for example).
What does your X log look like?
/var/log/Xorg.0.log is clean, the only nVidia reference is on boot:
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event
Handler" (type: Other)
...and that's it.
Weird one, huh?
2) I can't seem to disable DPMS (screen blanking). My xorg.conf
contains:
Option "dpms" "false"
... in the right section, and I've also used:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset -dpms
...in my ~/.Xclients startup script (which is being successfully
executed)
The dpms option in xorg.conf can only be used to turn it on, not off.
xset is the right command, however what you're running is missing the
parameter for the dpms option, so its likely doing nothing. The
command you likely want is:
xset dpms force off
Ah hah, thanks. I also noticed that (for some reason) the xset script
has moved changed location on the jump between FC4 and FC5, so /usr/
X11R6/bin/xset is now /usr/bin/xset - guess I should have checked
that in the first instance!
FWIW, according to the docs, you can use xset +/-dpms to enable/
disable dpms respectively.
Thanks!
