Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4054 mails)

[Per Kustemo <per.kustemo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes ....it worked.
Thanks alot :)...
/P

On 1/20/06, Per Kustemo <per.kustemo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
> I already had some values there so this is probably not to make just
> the monitor go into the powersave mode, think it is for the whole
> computer......will test it :)....
> /P
>
> On 1/20/06, Joseph Loo <jloo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think I found out what the person was talking about gnome in setting
> > the power saving mode. I have not tested it yet but will try in the future.
> >
> > 1.    Click on Applications=>System=>Configuration=>Gnome Configuration
> > Editor
> > 2.   A new menu will appear. Open the apps by clicking on Apps. This
> > will bring up a
> >     whole list of stuff. Scroll down to gnome-screensaver
> > 3.   Click on gnaome-screensaver. A bunch of parameters will now appear
> > on the right hand
> >     menu.
> > 4.   My guess you will want to do the following
> >     a.   Click on the value dpms_enable and select the check mark
> >     b.   Double click dpms_off value and type in 60 your time. I put in
> > 60 (desktop)
> >     c.   Double click dpms_standby value and type your time in. I put in 45.
> >     d.   Double click dpms_suspend value and type in your time. I put in 30.
> > 5.   Close the window.
> > This might work. So far I have not tested it. It may require a reboot,
> > logoff, or a restart of the X11 server. I do not have an idea at this time.
> >
> > aram v nathan wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:23 -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 10:18 +0100, Per Kustemo wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> But this problem was cause I'm not running KDE, i'm trying to get this
> > >>> to work in GNOME.
> > >>> Here it comes again.
> > >>> ----------------------------------------------------
> > >>> Hi.
> > >>> When I use the KDE there is a powersave for my laptop monitor (just
> > >>> the monitor) so it goes totally black but I'm not able to find the
> > >>> same option in GNOME (the monitor goes black but not totally as in
> > >>> KDE).
> > >>> Is there some setting I have missed or is there som package I have to install?
> > >>> Regards
> > >>> /Per
> > >>>
> > >> Since the fine folks that are creating Gnome consider "less control" to
> > >> be "less confusing" to the user it probably does not exist. The best
> > >> thing to do would be to write the developers requesting control over the
> > >> shutdown of the monitor and then -not- hold your breath waiting for a
> > >> change. There was a long discussion involving Linus (the linux creator)
> > >> about why there are so few options for the user to make changes to their
> > >> gnome environment the the developers said that having to many control
> > >> options available to the user would be "confusing" to the user. Go
> > >> figure.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Bill Gates also thought likewise perhaps thats why his OS has been a
> > > succcess in no small measure.
> > >
> > >> Long live KDE.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Ken Schneider
> > >> UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Loo
> > jloo@xxxxxxx
> >
> >
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