iMac G4 (15") YDL 2.3 Power Management

[Ken Schweigert]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:30:32AM -0800, Matthew Welty wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running YDL 2.3 on my iMac G4 (15").  So far I have everything running pretty nicely, and am running in the OpenBox window manager.
> 
> My question is this:  How do I get my screen to deactivate?  Obviously if I didn't have a flat-panel attached to my computer I could simply press the OFF button, but my iMac doesn't allow for that to happen.  In Mac OS X/9 the screen will turn off after a prescribed amount of time.  Is there any way to configure this in YDL 2.3 so that I can leave the system running at night without unnecessarily having the LCD active?

I think what you need to do is enable DPMS.  

A Google search for DPMS shows that if you add the following to
the "monitor" section of your XF86Config-4 file:
	
	Option "DPMS" 

And then restart X, it should enable it.  Here's the URL:
	http://barriebremner.com/xfreedpms.html

I don't have a flat-panel so I can't really test it.  If this does
fix the problem, please post back.  I'm considering buying one and
would like to know if this works.

Thanks!

-ken


> 
> Thanks for your responses!
> 
> --Matthew Welty
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Ken Schweigert, Network Administrator
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