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sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

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[solved]Power manager for fluxbox

Hey all,
What do you use as power manager in fluxbox or any  other WMs? I am using xfce4-power-manager but the problem is it doesn't turn off the screen half the times. It's like when it's in mood and I have just boot up my pc, then after the specified time it turns off the monitor but other times it just doesn't work.
I can

xset dpms force off

but that too stays for like a minute. Any ideas/suggestions are welcome.

Regards
sHy

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2009-12-29 06:03:58)

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lagagnon

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

I use xscreensaver ( http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xscreensaver ) with fluxbox - it is very lightweight and you can get it to turn off the screen when you want. You can make the lock screen look prettier ( http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xde … er_theming )

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sHyLoCk

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

Yeah but I want to save power by turning off the screen automatically.

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Wintervenom

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

Try the Xfce power manager (xfce4-power-manager).  You will get blanking, dimming, CPU frequency scaling, and event control all in one program.  And, yes, it works nicely with any window manager or desktop environment.

Last edited by Wintervenom (2009-12-29 04:20:01)

sHyLoCk

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

Try the Xfce power manager (xfce4-power-manager).

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superchango

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

@lagagnon Yes, me too.

In my fluxbox i use xscreensaver, started with:

xscreensaver -no-splash &

and work fine the screen power manager.

Try it.

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sHyLoCk

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

Wait wait wait...xscreensaver just bring up a screensaver right? It has a power option as well which I set to 5minutes, but it didn't turn off. Are you guys running xscreensaver without xfce4-power-manager? Does it turn off your screen?

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superchango

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

@sHyLoCk

Xscreensaver have a screen power manager control:

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/7041 … tnea1x.png

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sHyLoCk

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Re: [solved]Power manager for fluxbox

Yup I saw that, maybe it wasn't woking as I had xfce4-power-manager running as well. Thanks will check and see if it works.
EDIT: That was it. It woks now.

Thanks guys.

Last edited by sHyLoCk (2009-12-29 06:03:44)

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