Re: Monitor Power-Saving broken?

[John Summerfield <summer os2 ami com au>]

> Hello I'm using XFree86-4.0.3 and under RH 6.2 screen auto power off
> (power-save)was perfectly operational,
> after upgrading to RH 7.1 this feature is suddenly unavailable,
> only screensaver is working but screen-power-off not,
> also if the time is elapsed.
> 
> What should I check ?
> 
>

For reasons that escape me, RH forgot to turn it on in the XFree86 
config.

[summer possum summer]$ grep -iw5 dpms /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        HorizSync   31.0-65.0
        VertRefresh 50.0-120.0
	Option "DPMS"

        # -- 1400x1050 --
        # 1400x1050 @ 60Hz, 65.8 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  129   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync
[summer possum summer]$ 


Add the "Option DMPS" in your monitor's description and all should be 
fine.

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