After upgrading from XFree86 4.2.0 to XFree86 4.2.1 (with the same
XF86Config) my monitor no longer goes into powersaving mode at all.
Doing
sleep 3; xset dpms force {suspend|standby|off}
has no effect at all, xset exits with status 0.
$ xset q
[...]
Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 300 Suspend: 600 Off: 900
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
Font cache:
hi-mark (KB): 1024 low-mark (KB): 768 balance (%): 70
I have an iiyama Vision Master Pro 452 monitor and a ATI Technologies
Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS, running on Linux 2.4.20-pre11 (also
new along with XF 4.2.1) with APM enabled, on an ECS K7S5A mobo with
an AMD Duron 1GHz.
Exerpts from the log
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) R128(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 32768 kB
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI RAGE128
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: R128
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /packages/i586-seventh-linux/XFree86-4.2.1/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 2 sec.
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
(II) R128(0): Manufacturer: IVM Model: 1928 Serial#: 50017440
(II) R128(0): Year: 2001 Week: 3
(II) R128(0): EDID Version: 1.1
(II) R128(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) R128(0): Sync: Separate Composite SyncOnGreen
(II) R128(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 38 vert.: 29
(II) R128(0): Gamma: 2.48
(II) R128(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend; RGB/Color Display
(II) R128(0): redX: 0.625 redY: 0.340 greenX: 0.285 greenY: 0.605
(II) R128(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.065 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.297
(II) R128(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) R128(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) R128(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) R128(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) R128(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 12300)
(II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1280 x 1019
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) R128(0): DPMS enabled
(**) R128(0): DPMS enabled
(WW) R128(0): Option "power_saver" is not used
_______________________________________________
Newbie@XFree86.Org
*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see:
http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
