On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 12:50 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > John Horne wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 18:29 +0100, John Horne wrote: > >> > >> Using F9, with KDE 4.0.4 desktop, my LCD display never seems to enter > >> power-saving mode. I have a screensaver configured to kick in after 5 > >> mins, and that works fine. The Xorg log file shows that DPMS is enabled, > >> as does 'xset -q'. Running 'xset dpms force off' (or standy/suspend) and > >> the screen turns off, so it can do it. I have left the system for nearly > >> an hour, but the monitor is still on. This occurred under the vesa > >> driver, but I have today installed the latest Nvidia drivers and the > >> problem still exists. F8, using the same hardware, had no such problem. > >> > > Upon further investigation, the problem *only* occurs if the "Start > > automatically" option is set when configuring a screensaver. Disable the > > option, and DPMS works as expected. Most odd. Bugzilla'd at > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449280 > > > > This is not a graphics card driver problem. > > Not necessarily. I'd still feel better if you could reproduce using > fedora-provided drivers. > > Fwiw, I can't reproduce this (so far). > Same occurs using the vesa driver - automatically start screensaver and it is always there; start it manually or just let dpms kick in and the screen blanks. John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
