Re: [TCLUG:17761] Powersaving under X

[Tim Sandquist <tsandqui@yahoo.com>]

Also 'man XF86Config'
there are options for BlankTime and StandbyTime

Tim

On Tue, 16 May 2000 hick0088@tc.umn.edu wrote:

> Ry4an Brase wrote:
> > 
> > How do change the monitor powerdown settings in X?  I've looked in my
> > XF86Config and in the scripts that launch the X server, but I haven't
> > found where it's set.  IIRC Gnome's control panel had settings for it,
> > but I think they just changed the way xscreensaver was invoked, and I'm
> > running neither.
> 
> $ man xset
> .
> .
> .
>        -dpms   The -dpms option disables DPMS (Energy Star)  fea­
>                tures.
> 
>        +dpms   The  +dpms  option enables DPMS (Energy Star) fea­
>                tures.
> 
>        dpms flags...
>                The dpms option  allows  the  DPMS  (Energy  Star)
>                parameters  to  be set.  The option can take up to
>                three numerical values, or the `force'  flag  fol­
>                lowed  by  a DPMS state.  The `force' flags forces
>                the server to immediately switch to the DPMS state
>                specified.    The   DPMS   state  can  be  one  of
>                `standby', `suspend', or  `off'.   When  numerical
>                values  are  given, they set the inactivity period
>                before the three modes are activated.   The  first
>                value  given is for the `standby' mode, the second
>                is for the `suspend' mode, and the  third  is  for
>                the  `off'  mode.  Setting these values implicitly
>                enables the DPMS features.  A value of  zero  dis­
>                ables a particular mode.
> .
> .
> .
> 
> 
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