Re: [Sheflug] Monitor not shutting off

[Jonathan Machell <nospam [at] freeuk.com>]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Little bit of a repost, but I got no response the first time around:
> 
>  Now that I've finally got XFree 4 config'd and running, it turns out
> that the monitor is not shutting off.
> 
>  I've tried manually shutting it off with
> 
> xset dpms force off
> 
>  but that does nothing either.
> 
>  I'm having to use the power button, and it's annoying me, not to
> mention the fact I'm walking away from the monitor to go do other stuff,
> expecting it to off, and it's sitting there eating power for several
> hours...
> 
>  Any ideas any one?

Isn't this just CMOS settings and the like?

I might be completely wrong here, but my CMOS set-up thing has an option about
powering down monitor, hard-disk et cetera if not used for long periods of time.

Try pressing DEL when the computer boots up.

I'll shut up now.

jonathan
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