On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 11:12:32PM -0500, fred smith alleged: > Hi! > > I've got a Centos 4.5 box at work. > > I recently got a new LCD monitor and since that time have been having > screen saver problems (they might have been occurring with the older > CRT too but if so I didn't notice.) > > I've set it up to use "blank screen" only, to go to black screen in > 20 minutes. Then I set up powersave to progress through the three > modes at short intervals so that after an hour the display should > be powered off. > > If I sit there and watch it (say, e.g. I'm busy doing paperwork and > don't use the computer for a while :) it'll do exactly that, i.e., the > display goes OFF. > > So, I leave at the end of the day. When I come in the next morning the > screen is NOT powered off, the power light is on (not yellow, not off) > and every little while an OSD window pops up saying it's getting no > video signal. > > So, somewhere between going off in the short-term and being idle for > 12-14 hours overnight, something goes awry and the display appears to > get turned back on. > > Anyone got any idea how I can figure this one out? > > I have very similar settings at home (now on Centos 5, but also previously > on Centos 4.5) and have not observed that behavior. Different computer, > different video card, different monitor, though I don't see what difference > it should make.... Sounds like your box is doing the right thing and shutting off the video, but the monitor itself poewers on to complain about it. Maybe there is a setting in the monitor to not visibly whine.
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