DPMS will no longer set my monitor in [standby|suspend|off] mode, it used to work but since upgrading XFree-4-libraries and XFree-4-clients the monitor does not power down. In console mode the FreeBSD "green" screensaver DOES power down the monitor. My particulars: [earth] /home/paul: uname -sr FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE [earth] /home/paul: cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log | grep "XFree86 Version" XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System [earth] /home/paul: cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log | grep DPMS (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) R128(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display (**) R128(0): DPMS enabled (**) R128(0): DPMS enabled [earth] /home/paul: pkg_info | grep XFree86- XFree86-4.2.0_1,1 X11/XFree86 core distribution (complete, using mini/meta-po XFree86-FontServer-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Font Server XFree86-Server-4.2.1 XFree86-4 X server and related programs XFree86-clients-4.2.1 XFree86-4 Client environments XFree86-documents-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Document Files XFree86-font100dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 100 dpi fonts XFree86-font75dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 75 dpi fonts XFree86-fontCyrillic-4.2.0_2 XFree86-4 Cyrillic Fonts XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.2.0 XFree86-4 default bitmap fonts XFree86-fontEncodings-4.2.0 XFree86-4 font encoding files XFree86-fontScalable-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Scalable font files XFree86-libraries-4.2.1 XFree86-4 include/(shared) library kit [earth] /home/paul: xset q [snip] DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 3540 Suspend: 5340 Off: 7140 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On [snip] [earth] /home/paul: dmesg | grep drm0 drm0: <ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP)> port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem 0xdb000000-0xdb003fff,0xdc000000-0xdfffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 "xset dpms force [standby|suspend|off]" does nothing! Anyone have any thoughts? TIA -- Cogeco ergo sum
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