[kde-linux] kpowersave and Screen Savers

[Dale]

BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
>
>
> */Dale <teendale at vista-express.com>/* wrote:
>
>     BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
>     > Hi!
>     >
>     > I'm using Suse Linux 10.0 with KDE 3.4.2 and
>     > I am having a minor problem with the kde screen saver.
>     >
>     > After about 7 minutes the monitor will blank out even though
>     > I have the monitor power control turned off (contorl center -->
>     > peripherals ---> Display.....).
>     > I noticed that with this turned off, the kpowersave program is still
>     > running.
>     > I have tried turning power control on and setting to an hour or so
>     > before allowing
>     > it to blank the monitor off, but it still does it in about 7
>     minutes.
>     >
>     > This is a home system using an ABIT KT7A-RAID mother board
>     > with an ATI 9200 SE vidio card, and an A70F ViewSonic monitor
>     (analog
>     > only).
>     >
>     > I have played with some of the bois settings, but it does not
>     seem to make
>     > andy difference. The manual says that ACPI is always available
>     on this
>     > mother board.
>     >
>     >
>     > I poseted this problem on the Suse E-mail List and only got this
>     work
>     > around from another user:
>     >
>     > Turn the Monitor Power Control function on with all of the
>     > sliders
>     > to the disable (full left) position.
>     >
>     > This does indeed work with no power save capability, but only
>     during that
>     > Log in session. If I log out and back in, I have to do this step all
>     > over again.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > How do I get the power control to honor the settings (1 hour lets
>     > say) that
>     > I set up in it?
>     >
>     >
>     >
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>     Check your xorg.conf file and remove the Option DPMS line. That should
>     disable the module that turns the monitor off. Keep in mine that xorg
>     will control the monitor even if KDE says different. KDE runs on
>     top of
>     Xorg and loads first.
>
>     Hope that helps.
>
>     Dale
>     :-) :-)
>
>     Funny, you want yours to stay on and I want mine to turn off so I am
>     about to add what you are wanting to remove. ;-)
>
>
>
> Hi Dale!
> I tried removing the 'DPMS' line in the xorg.conf file (and then
> rebooting) but it did not help.
> It did add some new behavior though.  Sometimes the screen saver will
> just stop leaving the last image (in this case Matrix characters) on the
> screen dead in its tracks.  Moving the mouse reactivates KDE as normal.
> But most of the time the screen stil just blanks after about 7 minutes
> or so.
>
> Is there anythig else to try?  

Well, Xorg seems to have made some changes.  I'm having trouble getting
mine to turn off like I want it too.  I'm not sure.  This may require
some research.  I'm also having trouble with my OpenGL screen savers.

Dale
:-) :-)