Monitor turn off

mrxtheking · 03-27-2006, 12:58 PM

Hi guys, I don't write very often here, but this one I just cant find it on forums or I'm just using the wrong keyboard, but I just cant find it. I'm on slack 10.2 with kernel 2.6.15.6. I'm trying to make my monitor to shutdown after being idle for a period of time, like 10 minutes. I tried using default KDe control center Power Control, but it didn't shutdown my monitor, it just made it black ? The power was still on, but the monitor image just turned to black? I tried every option also, but none of which did help. Then I tried addingi n xorg DMPS option and ServerLayout to 10 minutes, it worked only 1 time though. After I did that, it did turn off my monitor after 10 minutes and after i resumed it with mouse and tried leaving it idle again, it never did shutoff again...What am I missing out on? Sorry if this been covered already, but I just couldnt find it no where...I usually post as my last option...Thanx in advance!

stormtracknole · 03-27-2006, 02:08 PM

It's actually DPMS. It should look something like this:

Option "DPMS"

Hope this works.

MannyNix · 03-27-2006, 02:23 PM

yup, this works for me on viewsonic vx900, Nvidia Fx5200

Code:

    Identifier     "My Monitor"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 60.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

mrxtheking · 03-28-2006, 08:53 AM

It doesn't work and this is I how I got it setup....

Code:

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
#    HorizSync	30-64         # multisync
#    HorizSync	31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync	15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
    Identifier     "My Monitor"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 60.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"

    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
    Identifier     "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.
#   DefaultDepth 8
#   DefaultDepth 16
#   DefaultDepth 32
# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution.  If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)
    Identifier     "Screen 1"
    Device         "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor        "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier "Screen 1"
	Option "OffTime"	"3"	# Turn off DPMS monitor
EndSection

MannyNix · 03-28-2006, 03:01 PM

My xorg.conf doesn't have this last lines yours has, just guessing here, maybe comment them out?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrxtheking

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Option "OffTime" "3" # Turn off DPMS monitor

mrxtheking · 03-28-2006, 06:36 PM

doesnt work without them either, but if you dont have the lines, where do you specify the times for the monitor to turn off?

MannyNix · 03-28-2006, 09:30 PM

i specify the times for the monitor to turn off like this:
kde ->right click on desktop ->configure desktop ->display ->power control ->enable dislay power management ->standby after ->10 min

mrxtheking · 03-29-2006, 01:05 PM

LOL it actually got it fixed that way! Thanks so much! I took out the serverlayout option and left DPMS option, then went to configure power management and set up stand by time and it worked, thank you!

MannyNix · 03-29-2006, 05:26 PM

lol, good to hear it worked!