Subject: Re: power save and XFree86-4
From: Takashi Oe (toe@unlserve.unl.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 10 2001 - 05:49:50 MDT
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:48:43 +0200, Alexander Holst wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have some machines running YDL2.0 by now, but one refuses to set the
> monitor in energy savings mode, my Performa 5200.
>
> It did work fine when the machine was running under LPPC2kQ4 [I guess it
> was Xpmac as X server], now it only dimms the screen, but the monitor
> somehow does not shut off [the screen comes up immediately upon moving the
> mouse ...]. Sometimes the screensaver never goes off, even with checked
> "Use power management" in the GNOME screensaver settings.
>
> Is it a kernel issue, that has to be specified when compiling, or is it
> some additional configs in XF86config-4?
This is a X issue. I think XFree86+fbdev X driver doesn't
support DPMS (power management thing), but you might try fiddling
with XF86Config-4 or try a newer X.
Takashi Oe
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