Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4054 mails)

[Per Kustemo <per.kustemo@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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