https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462854
User gore@projectpontiac.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462854#c11
--- Comment #11 from Frank Gore 2009-01-15 12:46:42 MST ---
ah hah! New discovery! The screensaver appears to interfere with DPMS settings.
My screensaver was originally set to come on before "Standby" in the power
settings. Once the screensaver comes on, the screen stays on forever. I
originally had the "blank screen" screensaver selected, so it looked like the
screen was blank with the backlight still on, which is exactly what "blank
screen" is. I think "blank screen" is the default screensaver in 11.1/KDE4,
which is why a lot of people would see the same thing.
I tried disabling the screensaver, and DPMS worked as intended. But with no
screensaver, it doesn't ask me for my password when I return to the computer
(this is a security feature I like).
So I tried setting the screensaver to come on AFTER the DPMS settings. Now all
DPMS settings work as intended, and it asks me for a password when I return to
my desk.
Somehow, the screensaver is interfering with DPMS, and the default openSUSE
11.0 and 11.1 settings are creating the circumstances under which this defect
is occurring.
Again, this only occurs in KDE4, not KDE3. I'm not aware about Gnome.
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