I'm running KDE 2.1 and I've turned on the Energy Saving settings in the Energy section of Power Control within the KDE Control Center. However, the settings have no effect; even when I set the interval to 1 minute, nothing happens after a minute. I know of several other places where there are parameters to set: 1. In the kernel (where ACPI is for some reason grayed out in "make xconfig" no matter what I do) 2. In the BIOS, which has settings for suspending and also for turning off the hard drives after a specified interval 3. In the X settings, though I don't know exactly where I did get from the kernel docs that there are two competing standards, APM and ACPI. Where can I learn about how all of this works? And does anyone know what I might need to done that I haven't done to make the KDE settings work? Paul
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I'm running KDE 2.1 and I've turned on the Energy Saving settings in the Energy section of Power Control within the KDE Control Center. However, the settings have no effect; even when I set the interval to 1 minute, nothing happens after a minute.
I know of several other places where there are parameters to set:
1. In the kernel (where ACPI is for some reason grayed out in "make xconfig" no matter what I do)
You don't need it.
2. In the BIOS, which has settings for suspending and also for turning off the hard drives after a specified interval
I don't think this is needed either.
3. In the X settings, though I don't know exactly where
You need Option "DPMS" #in the Monitor section of XF86Config you can also set the different times with Option "BlankTime" "3" Option "StandbyTime" "8" Option "SuspendTime" "17" Option "OffTime" "24 #in the ServerFlags Section, kde override these, but it's useful for other winwowmanagers. (Numbers are the times in minutes.)
I did get from the kernel docs that there are two competing standards, APM and ACPI.
apm is also not needed
Where can I learn about how all of this works? And does
on this list of course :)
anyone know what I might need to done that I haven't done to make the KDE settings work?
Paul
hth, -- dieter
On Wednesday 20 June 2001 12:56, Paul Abrahams wrote:
I'm running KDE 2.1 and I've turned on the Energy Saving settings in the Energy section of Power Control within the KDE Control Center. However, the settings have no effect; even when I set the interval to 1 minute, nothing happens after a minute.
Look into your /etc/X11/XF86Config, "Monitor" section. Do you have a DPMS line? That should do the trick. Here's a snip of my XF86Config: Section "Monitor" HorizSync 27-70 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" Option "DPMS" VendorName "--> VESA" VertRefresh 50-100 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Hope it helps, Alvaro Novo SuSE 7.1 -=- Kernel 2.4.2-4GB -=- KDE 2.1.1 3:11pm up 1 day, 53 min, 5 users, load average: 1.00, 1.27, 1.65
Paul Abrahams wrote:
I'm running KDE 2.1 and I've turned on the Energy Saving settings in the Energy section of Power Control within the KDE Control Center. However, the settings have no effect;
That control only applies to an Energy Saving compliant monitor.
even when I set the interval to 1 minute, nothing happens after a minute.
It has to be enabled in XF86Config
3. In the X settings, though I don't know exactly where
Modify your XF86Config with: Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" Option "BlankTime" "15" Option "SuspendTime" "20" Option "StandbyTime" "21" Option "OffTime" "22" EndSection Section "Monitor" [...] Option "DPMS" EndSection
I did get from the kernel docs that there are two competing standards, APM and ACPI.
ACPI is a new standard, will replace APM I have not been able to use APM or ACPI on my PC thus far. Has anybody has it running on a PC (not laptop)? -- Rafael
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