Re: why dpms in bullseye fails?

2023-08-08 Thread hlyg
Thank davidson!  i've switched to bookworm.  Thanks anyway!

Re: why dpms in bullseye fails?

2023-08-07 Thread davidson
On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 hlyg wrote: > it used to work > > to make troubleshooting easy, i change to 30 from default 600 > > xset dpms 30 30 30 > > xset q > > ... > > Screen Saver: >   prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes >   timeout:  0    cy

why dpms in bullseye fails?

2023-08-06 Thread hlyg
it used to work to make troubleshooting easy, i change to 30 from default 600 xset dpms 30 30 30 xset q ... Screen Saver:   prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes   timeout:  0    cycle:  600 ... DPMS (Energy Star):   Standby: 30    Suspend: 30    Off: 30   DPMS is Enabled

Re: Which nvidia driver? xset +dpms issues. Is my video card dead/broken?

2022-03-01 Thread Ram Ramesh
Your graphics adapter is modern enough so you should install"nvidia-driver" package.Additional essential packages are: "nvidia-driver-bin","nvidia-driver-libs", "nvidia-kernel-support", "nvidia-kernel-dkms", andothers.If all of them already installed, try to re-install "nvidia-kernel-dkms"packa

Re: Which nvidia driver? xset +dpms issues. Is my video card dead/broken?

2022-02-27 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 27.02.2022 04:57, R. Ramesh wrote: p  nvidia-driver - NVIDIA metapackage p  nvidia-driver-bin - NVIDIA driver support binaries p  nvidia-driver-libs - NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) p  nvidia-driver-libs:i386 - NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries) p  nvidia-

Which nvidia driver? xset +dpms issues. Is my video card dead/broken?

2022-02-26 Thread R. Ramesh
Hi,   A few weeks ago after my usual monthly update/upgrade, xset +dpms stopped working. Using dpms works as expected initially, but Xorg hangs after about 15min in to power save state. Everything else except the monitor works. I can ssh and reboot. Since then I have been disabling dpms. 1

Re: Regarding My Email to Mr. Tormod Volden, Could your xscreensaver package be improved by switching off the LED backlights with "xset dpms force off"?

2021-06-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 04:14:39PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Mr. Tormod Volden is the maintainer of xscreensaver package of Debian. > If multiple requests are sent to Mr. Volden, the same line to switch > off LED backlights of laptop, with "xset dpms force off", cou

Regarding My Email to Mr. Tormod Volden, Could your xscreensaver package be improved by switching off the LED backlights with "xset dpms force off"?

2021-06-27 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Mr. Tormod Volden is the maintainer of xscreensaver package of Debian. If multiple requests are sent to Mr. Volden, the same line to switch off LED backlights of laptop, with "xset dpms force off", could be implemented. Hope in the coming days, Mr. Volden would receive several mor

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
t; >>>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Greetings all; > >>>>>>>>> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen > >>>>>>>>> blanker kicks in, so I used

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-27 Thread davidson
: On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote: On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the screen

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-26 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, June 26, 2020 04:33:58 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > And I'm now alone, they finally found a rest home for my missus, but she > is quarantined for 2 weeks. At nearly 8g's a month. Out in the sticks, > at least a 1:20 drive from here. And getting sick of my own cooking, > but I've been doing

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-26 Thread Gene Heskett
te: > >>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>> On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote: > >>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>>>> Greetings all; > >>>>>>> I

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-26 Thread davidson
wrote: On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Since we seem to be troubleshooting, what is the

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
son wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >>> Greetings all; > > > >>> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker > > > >>> kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So >

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread David Wright
> >>> Greetings all; > > >>> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker > > >>> kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how > > >>> do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? > >

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
ed up if the screen blanker > >>> kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how > >>> do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? > > Since we seem to be troubleshooting, what is the output of > > $ xset q gene@coyote:/media$ xse

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker > > > > kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So > > > > how do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? > > > > Building a device to rock the mouse back and forth a

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread davidson
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote: On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 18:30:14 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks > > > in,

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:22:56 davidson wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks > > in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I > > shut the

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 June 2020 18:10:40 davidson wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Greetings all; > >> I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks > >> in, so I used

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread davidson
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, davidson wrote: On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread davidson
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a device to rock the mouse back and forth at

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread davidson
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Brian wrote: On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how > > > do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building > > > a device to rock the mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals > > > seems like a huge waste of time and metal cutting tools t

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 June 2020 12:02:51 Brian wrote: > On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks > > in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I > &

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Brian
On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 11:26:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, > so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the > screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a device

dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I am running an app that gets messed up if the screen blanker kicks in, so I used xset to shut off dpms. Has no effect. So how do I shut the screen blanker down for the jobs duration? Building a device to rock the mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals seems like a huge

Re: DPMS

2019-07-28 Thread Curt
On 2019-07-28, davidson wrote: > > I have no experience with KDE, and very little understanding in > general of display managers or desktop environments. So my suggestions > are made in ignorance of whether your display manager or DE might > somehow override the effect of the changes I suggest her

Re: DPMS

2019-07-28 Thread davidson
On Sun, 28 Jul 2019, davidson wrote: Step 1. Go to /etc/X11 ~# cd /etc/X11 /etc/X11# Step 2. If there is no xorg.conf.d directory there, then create one. Make it the current working directory: /etc/X11# mkdir -v xorg.conf.d mkdir: created directory 'xorg.conf.d' /etc/X11# cd xorg.conf.d /etc/

Re: DPMS

2019-07-28 Thread davidson
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019, Christopher M wrote: In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. Your question is one about power management for the display under KDE. I have no experience with KDE, and very little understanding in general of

Re: DPMS ( OT: Jonas)

2019-07-08 Thread Christopher M
Jonas, Weird I got your reply via the website but I never got a reply via email. Sorry for the triple send.. I wasnt sure if my messages were going through or not.. I never got a reply back saying my messages went through. Chris

RE: DPMS ( I had to rejoin the group hopefully my message goes through this time )

2019-07-08 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Christopher M (2019-07-08 14:52:54) > I am not sure if my message came through so I am sending it again: Three duplicates is enough, thanks: https://lists.debian.org/6565230fbe88f8f6db08b7ded2f149b7c6f8d37f.ca...@cwm030.com https://lists.debian.org/fecde663e12ddafc9f02ba23b01b3eb15e434b36

RE: DPMS ( I had to rejoin the group hopefully my message goes through this time )

2019-07-08 Thread Christopher M
--- Begin Message --- I am not sure if my message came through so I am sending it again: Hi, In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. I would have to manually go into the command line and run a line ( I forget what it was I ran

DPMS

2019-07-07 Thread Christopher M
I am not sure if my message came through so I am sending it again: Hi, In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. I would have to manually go into the command line and run a line ( I forget what it was I ran) but basically it was the

DPMS

2019-07-07 Thread Christopher M
Hi, In Deb 9 KDE on Deb 9 as soon as I logged in DPMS would be disabled and my screen would not turn off. I would have to manually go into the command line and run a line ( I forget what it was I ran) but basically it was the command to enable DPMS which once enabled, the screen would turn on and

Re: DPMS Xset Blank Screen

2014-03-17 Thread Michael Post
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello Dmitrii, Am 14.03.14 12:52, schrieb Dmitrii Kashin:> Michael Post > > xset s reset > you`re my man. Thanks a lot for this hint. Have a nice day, Michael -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: GPG

Re: DPMS Xset Blank Screen

2014-03-14 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
Michael Post writes: > XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority xset -display :0 dpms force on > > i should rewake up the monitor. But nothing happens. > The command runs without any error message. > > Do you have any clue for me? xset s reset pgpy6jF2_HmpU.pgp Description: PGP signature

DPMS Xset Blank Screen

2014-03-14 Thread Michael Post
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello together, i use the current debian stable branch. With the command XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority xset -display :0 dpms force off i can switch off the monitor. So it is black. With the command XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority xset

Re: DPMS Config File

2013-04-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
> From: computer.enthusiastic >To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" >Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 8:52 AM >Subject: Re: DPMS Config File > > >2013/3/31 Patrick Bartek >>  I'd rather do it where DPMS is initially run on boot.  Anybody know? > &g

Re: DPMS Config File

2013-04-01 Thread computer.enthusiastic
2013/3/31 Patrick Bartek > I'd rather do it where DPMS is initially run on boot. Anybody know? The DPMS standard defines how to signal power saving modes to the monitor. The xset program only checks if the display system supports the DPMS standard and sets the required power level.

DPMS Config File

2013-03-31 Thread Patrick Bartek
Been putting the final tweeks on Wheezy 64-bit, but have been unable to find where DPMS is initially configured and run.  I want to change the settings.   Now I know I can use xset or put it as an Option in the Monitor section of xorg.conf, which as I'm running the nvidia driver I now have

Re: [SOLVED] How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-05 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:39:20 -0500 (EST), Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 05/03/12 05:08, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> Isn't this a "/proc/sys/kernel/printk" issue? >>> >>> You can set "kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3" in "/etc/sysctl.conf". >> >> Yes - *that* s

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Tom H
switch back and forth between the X console >>> (tty7) and a text console (such as tty1), tty1 gets spammed with messages >>> like this: >>> >>> [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0) >>> [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Set

[SOLVED] How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:39:20 -0500 (EST), Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 05/03/12 05:08, Tom H wrote: >> >> Isn't this a "/proc/sys/kernel/printk" issue? >> >> You can set "kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3" in "/etc/sysctl.conf". > > > Yes - *that* should work (I haven't tested as I don't run the open > dri

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
e (such as tty1), tty1 gets spammed with messages >> like this: >> >> [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0) >> [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0) >> [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Output VGA-1 is ru

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:08:00 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: >> >> Isn't this a "/proc/sys/kernel/printk" issue? >> >> You can set "kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3" in "/etc/sysctl.conf". > > This looks promising. > Where can I find documentation on this?

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:33:14 -0500 (EST), Sven Joachim wrote: > > There is no text mode with nouveau. There is no true, hardware-level text mode, that's correct. However, Linux still has what are called, in everyday use, "text consoles" (vt1-vt6). I did explicitly state in my original post that

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:08:00 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: > > Isn't this a "/proc/sys/kernel/printk" issue? > > You can set "kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3" in "/etc/sysctl.conf". This looks promising. Where can I find documentation on this? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- --

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:29:20 -0500 (EST), Camaleón wrote: > > A similar concern was raised on this thread of Gentoo forums: > > nouveau drm mode switch messages > http://forums-web1.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-863335-start-0.html > > Maybe you can find something of interest there :-? Thanks for your

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Stephen Powell wrote: > I consider these messages to be noise messages and I wish to suppress them. > I don't mind if they are written to the kernel log, but I don't ever want to > see them written to the console itself (except maybe during boot). Try this (meaning that I didn't and think it will

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Sven Joachim
is: > > [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A > > I assume that mode 3 is graphics mode (X s

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Tom H
> like this: > > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A > > I assume that mode 3 is graph

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Camaleón
es like this: > > [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output> 0) > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A (...) > I tried searching t

How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

2012-03-04 Thread Stephen Powell
I am using Debian wheezy i386 with an Nvidia video card and the default nouveau driver. Everytime I switch back and forth between the X console (tty7) and a text console (such as tty1), tty1 gets spammed with messages like this: [drm] nouveau :01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder

Strange timeout and DPMS behaviour in Lenny

2009-04-13 Thread Carl Johnson
My monitor timout and DPMS have been acting really wacky since I upgraded to Lenny. In X the screen blanking behaviour will often turn off my monitor instead of just blank it, and then the DPMS will turn it back on. I have checked what xset says, and it says that the monitor is on during

Re: dpms setting does not work for vesa

2007-08-24 Thread - Tong -
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:33:46 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > xset -dpms > > This appears to work ok, and my monitor stays on all the time. Thanks for the respond, Nigel. But unfortunately what I want is how to get dpms working, not to disable it. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to repl

Re: dpms setting does not work for vesa

2007-08-23 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 23 August 2007 23:46, - Tong - wrote: > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:33:55 +, - Tong - wrote: > >> My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: > >> > >> $ xset dpms force off > >> server does not have extension for dpms option &g

dpms setting does not work for vesa

2007-08-23 Thread - Tong -
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:33:55 +, - Tong - wrote: >> My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: >> >> $ xset dpms force off >> server does not have extension for dpms option >> xset: unknown option force > > load/enable the following

Re: xorg does not have extension for dpms option

2007-08-22 Thread - Tong -
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:09:33 +, - Tong - wrote: > My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: > > $ xset dpms force off > server does not have extension for dpms option > xset: unknown option force > > Which package should I install to get back the f

xorg does not have extension for dpms option

2007-08-22 Thread - Tong -
Hi, My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: $ xset dpms force off server does not have extension for dpms option xset: unknown option force Which package should I install to get back the functionality? thanks PS my xorg: xserver-xorg: Installed: 1:7.1.0-16 --

Re: Strange video troubles (DPMS & nv driver)

2007-08-10 Thread cothrige
question > asked. Unfortunately, this did not change anything in my setup. At least not in regards to using 'nv.' > I don't know anything about ServerFlags. > > DPMS is on: ~$ grep DPMS /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Option "DPMS" > > My dpms sett

Re: Strange video troubles (DPMS & nv driver)

2007-08-09 Thread Ralph Katz
on this etch box. >> There are no log entries indicating screen saver or dpms actions or >> settings. > > But, do you have dpms on? If so how does it know when to set standby > and so on? Or do you use xscreensaver or the like? Do you think > removing the ServerFlags sec

Re: Strange video troubles (DPMS & nv driver)

2007-08-09 Thread cothrige
Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > wrt dpms: > Until you get a more knowledgable reply, man xset (especially, the 's' > option) and man xscreensaver-command (-time) may help. Many thanks. I will read up on these right now. > I use the nv driver, bu

Re: Strange video troubles (DPMS & nv driver)

2007-08-09 Thread Ralph Katz
On 08/09/2007 04:43 PM, cothrige wrote: > I have been having a couple of odd developments lately which I think may > be traceable to my Samsung SyncMaster 940BW 19" LCD monitor. It started > when I noticed I was not getting consistent reactions to my DPMS > settings. In my xor

Strange video troubles (DPMS & nv driver)

2007-08-09 Thread cothrige
I have been having a couple of odd developments lately which I think may be traceable to my Samsung SyncMaster 940BW 19" LCD monitor. It started when I noticed I was not getting consistent reactions to my DPMS settings. In my xorg.conf I have the following: Section "ServerFlags&q

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 17, 2007 09:11:27 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > 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

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Nigel Henry
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 > > >

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:40, Florian Kulzer 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 > > > mon

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:40, Florian Kulzer 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

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
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 st

DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Nigel Henry
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

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-05-08 Thread Erik Steffl
jason.public wrote: On 4/9/07, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after > some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). [...] >fglrx-

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-05-07 Thread jason . public
On 4/9/07, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after > some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). [...] >fglrx-driver 8.31.5-1 (pro

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-10 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 05:03 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > He said, TRY IT FOR A SHORT TIME. Not forever. It is a tried and true > > troubleshooting method. Chnage one thing at a time until you find the > > issue. It might not be the problem. > >let's say I change it and i

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-10 Thread Erik Steffl
Greg Folkert wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 20:13 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-10 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 20:13 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >but free drivers have no openGL so that's not going to help me, as > far as I know they are not similar at all so if I figure out that free > drivers work it won't shed any more light on proprietary drivers. Not true, quite a few cards h

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-09 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 20:13 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > >> When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after > >> some time it stops working

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-09 Thread Erik Steffl
Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). [...] fglrx-driver 8.31.5-1 (proprietary driver) The first thing I would try to

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after > some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). [...] >fglrx-driver 8.31.5-1 (proprietary driver) The first thing I would try to eliminate wou

DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-04-09 Thread Erik Steffl
When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). When I run e.g. xset dpms 60 65 70 it works again (for some time). Only idea I have is that openGL unsets/reset/break dpms (that's about the only gra

Re: problem with xscreensaver, xorg and DPMS

2007-01-25 Thread Marc Wilson
Dino Morelli wrote: My system will almost never power the monitor off even with power management configured in xscreensaver. It's weirdly intermittant but almost never works as it should. In fact it seems to work right right after xstart or when I dink the settings in xscreensaver. But fails

problem with xscreensaver, xorg and DPMS

2007-01-25 Thread Dino Morelli
ndSection Section "Monitor" ... Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" ... Option "BlankTime" "3" Option "OffTime" "5" EndSection - Nothing seems to work at all with screen blanking unless I hav

problem with xscreensaver, xorg and DPMS

2007-01-25 Thread Dino Morelli
ndSection Section "Monitor" ... Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" ... Option "BlankTime" "3" Option "OffTime" "5" EndSection - Nothing seems to work at all with screen blanking unless I hav

xscreensaver and DPMS

2006-11-16 Thread Renato
Hello there, has anyone experienced a seemingly weird behaviour with xscreensaver and the DPMS functions X provides? Well, I had configured xscreensaver to blank/lock the screen, then turn the backlight off (it's an LCD). It was working, but operates rather peculiarly lately: It goes like

Re: dpms keeps turning off

2006-06-16 Thread Rick Macdonald
> I just installed etch on a new destop. "xset -q" shows dpms is off. > If I enable it with > > xset +dpms dpms 300 600 900 > > it somehow gets turned off some while later. How do I get the > setting to stick? I forgot to mention that I'm using Gnome. I h

dpms keeps turning off

2006-06-15 Thread Rick Macdonald
I just installed etch on a new destop. "xset -q" shows dpms is off. If I enable it with xset +dpms dpms 300 600 900 it somehow gets turned off some while later. How do I get the setting to stick? Running "xset dpms off" will put the monitor into the off state. I have

Re: Stoping dpms power down mode

2006-04-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
t; > The reason i ask is that we have a remove KVM over IP that doesnt like > the video card kicking back in after it has been in dpms powerdown > mode. > maybe your bios is doing it... A > Thanks > > Simon > signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Stoping dpms power down mode

2006-04-28 Thread listrcv
Simon wrote: How do i stop the OS from powering down the monitor automatically after a few mins? setterm -blank 0 GH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Stoping dpms power down mode

2006-04-27 Thread Simon
card kicking back in after it has been in dpms powerdown mode. Thanks Simon

Re: APM and DPMS not working together

2004-07-05 Thread smjn
A read of 'man setterm' and 'man xset' is a good start. Generally though, I've had no problems, and it might well be that your monitor needs to be set for DPMS support via its OSD. Aha! It does indeed work as intended in console if I put it in VESA powerdown mode. So it must b

Re: APM and DPMS not working together

2004-07-05 Thread Thomas Adam
A read of 'man setterm' and 'man xset' is a good start. Generally though, I've had no problems, and it might well be that your monitor needs to be set for DPMS support via its OSD. -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgaze

APM and DPMS not working together

2004-07-05 Thread smjn
and not cancel the screen suspension. The screen can be turned off with 'xset dpms force off' but as I said it turns back on when APM activates, whether automatically or manually using 'apm -s' or 'apm -S'. __ Älä maksa tekstiviesteistä! Saunalahden Tekstari-GSM-lii

Re: X Server Crashing on DPMS Event

2004-06-06 Thread Erik Steffl
Barry Skidmore wrote: When I did a: # xset -dpms xserver immediately crashed with the following error: xterm: fatal IO server error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X Server ":0.0" /usr/bin/Windowmaker warning.got signal 1 (Hangup1-exiting... looks like it's confirmed that it h

Re: X Server Crashing on DPMS Event

2004-06-06 Thread Barry Skidmore
When I did a: # xset -dpms xserver immediately crashed with the following error: xterm: fatal IO server error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X Server ":0.0" /usr/bin/Windowmaker warning.got signal 1 (Hangup1-exiting... Barry On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 08:30:15PM -0500, Barry Skid

Re: X Server Crashing on DPMS Event

2004-06-06 Thread Barry Skidmore
No, I am not sure it is dpms that is causing the problem, but I will see what is the effect of the -dpms option. I did not see that option documented. Barry On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 04:30:22PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > Barry Skidmore wrote: > >I believe I am having a problem with th

Re: X Server Crashing on DPMS Event

2004-06-06 Thread Erik Steffl
Barry Skidmore wrote: I believe I am having a problem with the xserver failing whenever my monitor's DPMS kicks in. After either windowmaker or enlightenment have run for 15 minutes, the window manager quits and I am put back into the console with the following errors: Fatal server

X Server Crashing on DPMS Event

2004-06-06 Thread Barry Skidmore
I believe I am having a problem with the xserver failing whenever my monitor's DPMS kicks in. After either windowmaker or enlightenment have run for 15 minutes, the window manager quits and I am put back into the console with the following errors: Fatal server error: Caught signal 4. S

Re: Doing xset dpms off on shutdown

2003-07-29 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 13:35, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Runlevel 6 is for reboot. If you halt the system it goes into > runlevel 0. OK, so if I make a file /etc/rc0.d/S88dpmsoff with #! /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms force off would that make sense...? But then, come to thnk of it,

Re: Doing xset dpms off on shutdown

2003-07-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Kjetil Kjernsmo (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [running xset on shutdown] > (I looked at the /etc/rc6.d/-files, but I don't know what to make of > it, especially since the last of them is reboot, and it shouldn't shut > down on reboot) Runlevel 6 is for reboot. If you halt the system it g

  1   2   >