On Wednesday 15 December 2004 09:16 pm, Terry Eck wrote:
Sid Boyce wrote:
Terry Eck wrote:
How do I get my Monitor to suspend?
# l /dev/apm_bios crw------- 1 root root 10, 134 2004-10-02 09:38 /dev/apm_bios I get the same message, I don't know if APM needs to be active, I'm using ACPI.
Turns out doing l /dev/apm_bios gives me the same results You say you are using ACPI. Can you expand on how you do this? Does this cause you monitor to go into standby or suspend mode? My understanding APM is for laptops and ACPI is for desktops. I have a desktop.
I'm running the same card and driver on 2 boxes, must check that later. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Simple Layout" Screen "Screen 1" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
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My complete ServerLayout sections is: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Option "BlankTime" "20" Option "StandbyTime" "30" Option "SuspendTime" "40" Option "OffTime" "60" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection
I added the "BlankTime .. thru .. OffTime" in hopes of getting my monitor to go into standby mode.
Regards Sid.
Thanks for you interest in my problem. Terry
Look in your /etc/X11/XF86Config in the 'monitor' section for: OPTION "DPMS" If it's not there, your not going to get your monitor to suspend. You can use SAX2 or YAST (SAX2) to "enable power management" (or something close to that) or just add the statement. My monitor section is below: Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry" DisplaySize 408 308 HorizSync 30-82 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "VP201MB" VendorName "VIEWSONIC" Option "DPMS" VertRefresh 50-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection