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raggerv8

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2010-07-01

Posts: 124

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DPMS via 10-monitor.conf stopped working

This probably happened after some update, and I've only been able to find ONE other person with the same issue.

10-monitor.conf

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "ServerLayout0"
    Option "StandbyTime" "10"
    Option "SuspendTime" "20"
    Option "OffTime"     "30"
    Option "BlankTime"   "0"
EndSection

Running "xset q" shows 10-monitor.conf has no effect.

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

Running "xset dpms 600 1200 1800" manually gives desired effect:

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 1200    Off: 1800
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

Is this a known bug, or did something change that I need to update in my config?

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justasug

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Registered: 2014-08-03

Posts: 174

Re: DPMS via 10-monitor.conf stopped working

I'm experiencing the same issue on xorg-server 1.20.0-9. I am using Intel hardware with the xf86-video-intel driver.

I have found this bug report and it looks related to it. The only difference is that the person's values are set to 600 instead of the 0 we are getting. It says it's fixed, so I guess we just have to wait and see if it fixes this issue too.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106963

EDIT: xorg-server 1.20.1-1 fixed this.

Last edited by justasug (2018-08-17 10:34:45)