Re: DPMS problems in gdm

[Aaron Worley <planet_hoth yahoo com>]

I have this entry in my /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default file
to shut down the monitor after 70 seconds of
inactivity.  It seems to work fine .  I have Red Hat
6.1 with October GNOME...

xset s on dpms 60 65 70 &

Hope that helps...

Aaron



--- Zero Piraeus <ebola@frisbee.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> Hey:
> 
> I'm running the bundled GNOME on RH6.1 - very nice,
> too.
> 
> However, I'm hitting a problem with gdm. I want it
> to power down the
> monitor after it's been unattended for a little
> while.
> 
> So, i tried editing /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default to
> include the line:
> 
>     xset dpms 60 90 120
> 
> which works for a little while, until gdm powers the
> screen back up [but
> leaves it blank].
> 
> So, I tried
> 
>     while sleep 20
>     do
>         xset dpms force off
>     done &
> 
> as a brute force method, but that doesn't seem to
> work at all [until I
> actually log in - not fun].
> 
> I expect this is a "feature" of gdm - blanking the
> screen without
> attempting to use DPMS - but it's getting in the way
> of what I want to
> do, and I can't work out what, if any, line in
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
> I can alter to make it stop.
> 
> Any ideas? I'd rather not go to the trouble of
> installing October GNOME,
> as I've always found that problematic whether using
> RPMs or source
> tarballs, and anyway I like all the magicdev stuff
> that Red Hat have
> added.
> 
> Thanks for any help y'all might have.
> 
>  -[z].
> 
> --
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