Re: [Sheflug] Monitor not shutting off

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Will Newton wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> 
> >  Any ideas any one?
> 
> Look in the server flags section of the config.
> 
> I have:
> 
>     Option      "standby time"  "20"
>     Option      "suspend time"  "30"
>     Option      "off time"      "60"
> 
> Then look at the monitor setup. Make sure you have:
> 
>     Option     "dpms"
> 
> If you have, then I'm stumped. :)
> Or maybe 4.0.2 will fix it, some hardware support has yet to fully catch
> up with the doings of XFree 4.


 Now I've got X back, I added the 

Option "dpms"

line to my XF86Config file, and viola! Someone else has once again saved
my bacon :-)

Gnome kicks in the screensaver and powers off the monitor itself, I
figured it was a waste of time sticking in the timings.

 Cheers, chaps.

 Baz.

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