-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/27/2009 12:46 PM, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 09-08-27 12:25:06, Steven Stern wrote: > ... >> It appears that either X or gnome-power-manager is just refusing to >> put the monitor into standby. >> >> How do I get Fedora / Gnome / X to use power-saving modes for monitor >> standby? > > If, from X, `xset dpms force suspend ; sleep 10 ; xset dpms force on` > doesn't suspend your display, try booting without Kernel Modesetting > by appending "nomodeset" to the kernel command line. > That didn't work. With "nomodeset", the screen saver didn't even pop in. I then tried using Xorg from udpates-testing, but the monitor still doesn't go to sleep. Just for the record, it used to do so under F10. I did a clean install to get to F11 and it did it for a while under F11. Then, Something Changed(TM). - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqW6hcACgkQeERILVgMyvAg3wCdFqlKahhBD2L4VjsIhrHfuCzu kQwAni0GffIMoY851mnyNTrmGwyRBsTE =OIya -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines