Subject: xset error(s)
From: Evan Read (eread@netaccess.co.nz)
Date: Mon Aug 09 1999 - 03:34:27 MDT
Hey there.
Well, I guess no one knows anything about sleeping one's monitor. Nevermind, I
did manage to get somewhere but not far enough.
In order to test xset's "dpms" features I tried:
"xset dpms force standby" (without the quotes) and get the following error:
X Error of failed request BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 146 (DPMS)
Minor opcode of failed request: 6 (DPMSForceLevel)
Serial number of failed request: 11
Current serial number in output stream: 13
I also get the same error when I try:
"xset dpms force suspend" (not willing to try "force off" ;).
Now, when I use numerical values (ie the number of mins until each function
starts) ie "xset dpms 2 4 5" (standby starts in 2 mins, suspend starts in 4
mins, off in 5), everything seems ok (get the prompt back without error) but
nothing happens. Maybe I misunderstand the usage of xset, but I am sure that
something is wrong (considering the errors above).
Can I please get some help on this!!!!! Error messages are your friend, right?
;)
Thanks all.
Ev. (new signature pending)
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