Laptops :: Need blank screen / screen saver function ON

Quote (hawki @ July 17 2005,08:46)

Xfbdev --help

you will see that starting it with the option -s followed by a number should get it set and working. This doesn't seem to have any effect on my machine. There is also a command called xset that should be able to set the blanking timeout. It also seems to have no effect.

After checking that help screen, it would seem that it your .xserverrc contained:

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Xfbdev v -s 10

then it should use a blanking screensaver after a period of 10 minutes. You didn't mention the v or -v commands, but they're listed.

But ... it didn't work for me. I did get Xscreensaver working (thanks, NewOldUser) but unfortunately it doesn't include any blanking abilities. I actually need to turn my LCD panel off, and my BIOS is too old to have any power management functions of its own (with the exception of total standby which negates this machine as a web server).

Any more suggestions??

When you bring up the xscreensaver control panel, it has two tabs at the top "Graphic Demos" and "Screensaver Options". The "Screensaver Options" has a power management area that might be used to turn the monitor off.

Quote (newOldUser @ July 17 2005,21:05)

The "Screensaver Options" has a power management area that might be used to turn the monitor off.

I see that now, but it's grayed out. I can't enable power management options. Is that somehow dependent on power management support in BIOS?

Mine is grayed out also until I click the Power Management Enabled button, above the entry boxes, then they become active. If your Power Management Enabled button is also unavailable then I don't know what to tell you. The next time I reboot this machine I'll try to remember to check the BIOS settings to see what it has. I don't think the two are connected.

Quote (newOldUser @ July 18 2005,07:51)

If your Power Management Enabled button is also unavailable then I don't know what to tell you.

Yep, the button itself is also unavailable. I too thought that it should not have anything to do with BIOS power management support, but I can't think of another explanation. Are there any dependencies for power management that I could be missing?

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