On Monday 18 June 2007 00:34, Stephen Cormier wrote: > On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > > I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that > > > > the monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or so, > > > > and up to last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff) this had > > > > been working ok. > > > > > > > > This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the > > > > machine, just to make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and > > > > now I find that the monitor is again going into standby after some > > > > 30mins or so. The "options DPMS" line is still commented out, but > > > > appears to be being ignored. > > Any suggestions welcome. > > > > Nigel. > > You can always use xset -dpms to turn it off in a console/console window > for the rest of your problem I have no ideas. > > Stephen Thanks Stephen. That appears to have resolved the problem. Which file has xset -dpms made changes to? Nigel. btw. Thanks for the link to the kernel compile tutorial. Ironically the video devices are being ordered correctly now, each time I boot with the 2.6.17 kernel. I'll still go ahead with compiling a kernel on Debian though, as I need the practice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
