Monitor Energy Savings

[Nathan Weil]

Does this not work for laptops?  I added this, and xscreensaver still
wont turn off my iBook screen.

Nathan

On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 10:20, Robert Serphillips wrote:
> Mkae sure your XFree config file looks like this
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Monitor0"
>         VendorName      "Unknown"
>         ModelName       "Unknown"
>         HorizSync       30-68
>         VertRefresh     50-75   
>         Option          "dpms"
> 
> Obviously only the Option "dpms" is what you need. For some reason Xconfigurator never adds this. I had to do it manually every time.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:08:36 -0600
> "Drew Lane" <drewlane@qwest.net> wrote:
> 
> > I'm having a problem getting the energy savings control
> > panel in KDE working.  It never turns off my monitor
> > after the specified period of time.
> > 
> > My screen saver is working, however.
> > 
> > Is it possible that it's not working because I'm using
> > a VGA adapter?
> > 
> > I also have some processes running in the background
> > every 10 mintues.  Will this prevent the monitor from
> > turning off?
> > 
> > If there aren't any obvious solutions I can try, then is
> > there a software command  I can use in the console
> > to turn the monitor off?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Drew
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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