I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that the
monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or so, and up to
last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff) this had been working ok.

This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the machine, just to
make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and now I find that the monitor
is again going into standby after some 30mins or so. The "options DPMS" line
is still commented out, but appears to be being ignored.

I read a while back that xorg.conf was being deprecated, and would no longer
be necessary. If that is so, and these x updates have made that change, where
do I go now to stop DPMS being used.

Thanks in advance for any pointers toward the file I need to look at.

Nigel.


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On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that the
> monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or so, and up to
> last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff) this had been working ok.
>
> This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the machine, just to
> make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and now I find that the monitor
> is again going into standby after some 30mins or so. The "options DPMS" line
> is still commented out, but appears to be being ignored.
>
> I read a while back that xorg.conf was being deprecated, and would no longer
> be necessary. If that is so, and these x updates have made that change, where
> do I go now to stop DPMS being used.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers toward the file I need to look at.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf is not depreciated yet. If I understand you
correctly, you had the DPMS line simply commented out in the past. This
means that you get the default behavior, which can change with an
upgrade. Try to turn DPMS off explicitly by using

Option "DPMS" "false"

in the monitor section of your xorg.conf.

If this does not have the desired effect then you should post the output
of:

grep -i dpms /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:40, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that the
> > monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or so, and up
> > to last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff) this had been
> > working ok.
> >
> > This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the machine,
> > just to make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and now I find that
> > the monitor is again going into standby after some 30mins or so. The
> > "options DPMS" line is still commented out, but appears to be being
> > ignored.
> >
> > I read a while back that xorg.conf was being deprecated, and would no
> > longer be necessary. If that is so, and these x updates have made that
> > change, where do I go now to stop DPMS being used.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any pointers toward the file I need to look at.
>
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf is not depreciated yet. If I understand you
> correctly, you had the DPMS line simply commented out in the past. This
> means that you get the default behavior, which can change with an
> upgrade. Try to turn DPMS off explicitly by using
>
> Option "DPMS" "false"
>
> in the monitor section of your xorg.conf.
>
> If this does not have the desired effect then you should post the output
> of:
>
> grep -i dpms /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
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No go with setting DPMS to false. 20mins later after restarting X the monitor
goes into standby. It's a bit annoying as yesterday before these X updates I
had no problem, and with just commenting out the "options DPMS" line, the
monitor would not go into standby mode.

Anyway, this is all I get from grep.

djmons@debian:~$ grep -i dpms /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(**) Option "dpms" "false"
(**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled

Trident is the driver for the Cyberbladei1 onboard graphics card

A bit annoying, and I'd like to resolve it. There's nothing more annoying than
reading some document, and then the screen goes black.

Any suggestions welcome.

Nigel.


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On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:40, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that the
> > > monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or so, and
> > > up to last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff) this had been
> > > working ok.
> > >
> > > This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the machine,
> > > just to make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and now I find
> > > that the monitor is again going into standby after some 30mins or so.
> > > The "options DPMS" line is still commented out, but appears to be being
> > > ignored.
> > >
> > > I read a while back that xorg.conf was being deprecated, and would no
> > > longer be necessary. If that is so, and these x updates have made that
> > > change, where do I go now to stop DPMS being used.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any pointers toward the file I need to look at.
> >
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf is not depreciated yet. If I understand you
> > correctly, you had the DPMS line simply commented out in the past. This
> > means that you get the default behavior, which can change with an
> > upgrade. Try to turn DPMS off explicitly by using
> >
> > Option "DPMS" "false"
> >
> > in the monitor section of your xorg.conf.
> >
> > If this does not have the desired effect then you should post the output
> > of:
> >
> > grep -i dpms /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> >
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> > Florian |
>
> No go with setting DPMS to false. 20mins later after restarting X the
> monitor goes into standby. It's a bit annoying as yesterday before these X
> updates I had no problem, and with just commenting out the "options DPMS"
> line, the monitor would not go into standby mode.
>
> Anyway, this is all I get from grep.
>
> djmons@debian:~$ grep -i dpms /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (II) Loading extension DPMS
> (**) Option "dpms" "false"
> (**) TRIDENT(0): DPMS enabled
>
> Trident is the driver for the Cyberbladei1 onboard graphics card
>
> A bit annoying, and I'd like to resolve it. There's nothing more annoying
> than reading some document, and then the screen goes black.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Nigel.

You can always use xset -dpms to turn it off in a console/console window for
the rest of your problem I have no ideas.

Stephen

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On Monday 18 June 2007 00:34, Stephen Cormier wrote:
> On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote:

> > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > > I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that
> > > > the monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or so,
> > > > and up to last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff) this had
> > > > been working ok.
> > > >
> > > > This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the
> > > > machine, just to make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and
> > > > now I find that the monitor is again going into standby after some
> > > > 30mins or so. The "options DPMS" line is still commented out, but
> > > > appears to be being ignored.
> > Any suggestions welcome.
> >
> > Nigel.
>
> You can always use xset -dpms to turn it off in a console/console window
> for the rest of your problem I have no ideas.
>
> Stephen

Thanks Stephen. That appears to have resolved the problem. Which file has
xset -dpms made changes to?

Nigel.

btw. Thanks for the link to the kernel compile tutorial. Ironically the video
devices are being ordered correctly now, each time I boot with the 2.6.17
kernel. I'll still go ahead with compiling a kernel on Debian though, as I
need the practice.


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On June 17, 2007 09:11:27 pm Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Monday 18 June 2007 00:34, Stephen Cormier wrote:
> > On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > > > I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that
> > > > > the monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode every 30mins or
> > > > > so, and up to last nights updates, (including a load of X stuff)
> > > > > this had been working ok.
> > > > >
> > > > > This morning after installing all the updates, I rebooted the
> > > > > machine, just to make sure everything was still ok with Lenny, and
> > > > > now I find that the monitor is again going into standby after some
> > > > > 30mins or so. The "options DPMS" line is still commented out, but
> > > > > appears to be being ignored.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions welcome.
> > >
> > > Nigel.
> >
> > You can always use xset -dpms to turn it off in a console/console window
> > for the rest of your problem I have no ideas.
> >
> > Stephen
>
> Thanks Stephen. That appears to have resolved the problem. Which file has
> xset -dpms made changes to?
>
> Nigel.
>
> btw. Thanks for the link to the kernel compile tutorial. Ironically the
> video devices are being ordered correctly now, each time I boot with the
> 2.6.17 kernel. I'll still go ahead with compiling a kernel on Debian
> though, as I need the practice.

Your welcome, I don't believe that it actually uses any file it just
communicates directly with the xserver setting the various options you can in
this case disabling the power management.

Stephen

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