[Workaround] DPMS blanks my screen instead of turning it off

twilight0 · 2012-03-22 21:07:53

Hi everyone,

I installed Arch a few days ago and I have some things left to do in order to get everything optimal.

For example... I 've configure DPMS to "turn off" my screen in one minute and instead of turning it off it blanks it and backlight is still on.

My 20-nvidia.conf:

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf 

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Default Device"
	Driver	"nvidia"	
	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
	Option  "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
EndSection

I have both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver installed I will probably use the best that suits my needs for example I like that fadeout effect.

So is there a text config file that I can edit for GNOME screensaver? Can it be system-wide for all the users?

EDIT: I also forgot to say that when I watch a video with vlc I don't want it to turn off because now it does.

Last edited by twilight0 (2012-03-27 22:14:08)

twilight0 · 2012-03-25 20:50:10

Correction, i found out that this is a DPMS issue, I don't know yet what's causing it. No matter what xset command I try it blanks my screen instead of turning it off

I edited the topic's title accordingly

twilight0 · 2012-03-25 23:08:45

It turned out its an error in the nvidia driver. I am using nouveau drivers now and DPMS and monitor suspension work just fine.

twilight0 · 2012-03-27 22:19:15

Hi everyone,

I reported it to nvidia developers and said that this regression might have been in previous versions of the drivers, however it doesn't seem to have been fixed.

A developer has replied to me and suggested that I try adding the following option in section "Screen"

Option "UseDPLib" "false"

It hangs my system rendering it unusable, unable to even change to a tty, resorting to sysrq.

My only workaroung I can cope is using vbetool:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nv … _occasions

I 've made this entry on wiki so users may find it useful.

Cheers.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-03-22 21:07:53

[Workaround] DPMS blanks my screen instead of turning it off

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