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Hey all,
I have the latest and greatest arch installed (Linux 2.6.33-ARCH i686) with xfce4 and SLiM. I'm running in on a Dell Inspiron 9400 (Core2Duo 2.16 GHz w/ 2GB RAM).
I'm trying to get the monitor to shut off when the power manager for xfce4 tells it to turn off. Instead of the backlight turning off and the screen going blank, the screen turns white... quite the opposite.
Other points:
1. The screen stays on when I shut the lid.
2. I can adjust the screen brightness with the keyboard or the brightness plugin on the panel.
Thanks for your help!
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Is this obvious? Or unsovable? Why are there no responses?
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Google it first.
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Use acpid to execute an action when you close/open the lid.
If you have FN keys that give acpi events, you can use e.g. FN+F2 to execute xset dpms force off.
As for point 2. I don't know what you want.
no place like /home
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Use acpid to execute an action when you close/open the lid.
If you have FN keys that give acpi events, you can use e.g. FN+F2 to execute xset dpms force off.
As for point 2. I don't know what you want.
Thanks for your reply! I have tried your first suggestion. However, just like when the powermanager tells the screen to turn off, executing "vbetool dpms off" or "xset dpms force off" also turns the screen white instead of turning black and killing the backlight.
Point 2 was just to let you know that, somehow, I do have control over the brightness of the screen, even though the powermanager is messing something up.
Google it first.
Perhaps this isn't obvious, since this is the Newbie Corner, but I already googled it. Comments like this are not constructive. However, thanks for your effort.
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Using Dell Inspiron here and xfce4-power-manager works fine. Try gnome-power-manager and see if it makes any difference.
Are xset and vbetool xfce-specific? These seem to be the weak link. I'll try this, though.
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Tried uninstalling xfce4-power-manager and installing gnome-power-manager and upower, but the result was the same.
Could it be an issue with the driver? I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver.
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I've also tried Ubuntu 10 and it seems to have the same problem.
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Comments like this are not constructive
Rubbish! I gave you the search terms to use, to get useful search results. The answer to your question is right there on a web page already, many times over, waiting to be googled by you, yet you're too lazy, and would prefer to moan to people you hope to work for you for free. Good luck with that.
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Did you install nvidia and nvidia-utils packages and run nvidia-xconfig? [I think you have Nvidia 7900GS?]
I have both installed and have run the nvidia-xconfig app, but the results are the same. Here's my xorg.conf file for reference.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "SynapticsTouchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri2"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "SynapticsTouchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "AlwaysCore" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "SHMConfig" "false"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "Right Edge" "5300"
Option "Top Edge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "CornerCoasting" "true"
Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.30"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.10"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020"
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
# AC settings:
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "G71 [GeForce Go 7900 GS]"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerLevelAC=0x1"
# Battery settings:
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
starfox wrote:Comments like this are not constructive
Rubbish! I gave you the search terms to use, to get useful search results. The answer to your question is right there on a web page already, many times over, waiting to be googled by you, yet you're too lazy, and would prefer to moan to people you hope to work for you for free. Good luck with that.
I am not too lazy, as I had spent a number of hours (before posting here) searching through google and this forum to see if anyone had a similar problem (screen goes white instead of black when xset or vbetool is used). I even tried a few different "fixes" even though they did not strictly apply.
Thank you all again for your opinions and your help.
Is there anyway to edit what xset/vbetools is doing?
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