[CentOS] Re: Monitor power save question

[Robert Nichols]

nate wrote:
> David G. Miller wrote:
> 
>> I don't see anything incriminating in dmesg, /var/log/messages or
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  I'll switch the system to boot to runlevel 3 so I
>> can see if X is spewing something to the first alternate console that
>> isn't getting written to the log file.  Anyone have other any
>> suggestions as to diagnosing of fixing the problem?
> 
> Are there any DPMS options set in your xorg.conf ? What is your
> video card/monitor and what driver are you using in X ?
> 
> Another thing to check is see if DPMS is enabled as an extension
> by your setup:
> 
> xdpyinfo |grep DPMS
> 
> should return "DPMS"

And, see what "xset q" has to say about whether DPMS is currently
enabled or not.  I've noticed that mplayer disables DPMS on entry,
but neglects to re-enable it on termination.

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