On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Diego Cardinali <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > I am using Lubuntu 18.04 64bit with a radeon hd4650 video card and I'm using > a monitor on vga port and a tv on hdmi. > I am trying to enable dpms settings only for the vga monitor while disabling > it for the tv-hdmi > I did some searches around and came up with this solution: create a > 10-monitor.conf file to put in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ with the > following text > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "HDMI-0" > > Option "RightOf" "VGA-0" > > Option "DPMS" "true" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "VGA-0" > > Option "LeftOf" "HDMI-0" > > Option "DPMS" "false" > > EndSection > > > > > Section "ServerFlags" > > Option "StandbyTime" "1" > > EndSection > > > I used the same identifiers xrandr uses > I have set a low standbytime so it's easier to check if it works or not. > At the moment it doesn't work at all, not even in the tv-hdmi output, but > the ServerFlags section does affect the system (as far as I know checking > with xset -q) > You can find my Xorg.0.log at https://pastebin.com/5KB16DJ0 , where I > noticed > > [ 27.014] (==) RADEON(0): DPMS enabled > > any suggestions? > I tried with xset but it affects both the monitors > > Thanks in advance!
There is no way in the X server to only enable DPMS on one monitor. It's either on or off globally. Alex > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
