On Saturday 09 January 2016 10:15:36 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 09 January 2016 08:37:20 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 09 January 2016 02:33:32 deloptes wrote: > > > If you mean DPMS, I've noticed the same, but found out it depends > > > on the DPMS option in xorg.conf. Can you check this on your side? > > > > That I haven't checked. I have 2 machines with TDE R14.0.02+ on > > them, and the dpms settings work exactly as one would expect and > > the man page describes. After setting the dpms times once, then a > > simple, from a terminal screen xset -dpms shuts it off, and an xset > > +dpms re-enables it. > > Yes, Gene, but you have to do it _every_ _time_. This is tedious, and > anyhow I sometimes forget. > I don't have to do it everytime. The monitor I am using on that machine is an older Samsung hidef tv that lost its tuner, so its a 2 couple seconds to come alive when I tap the spacebar. The only reason I'd do an "xset -dpms" is if I had a long running LinuxCNC job on the machine, something like carving a pcb board, and didn't want the screen blanked, removing my ability to supervise that job several times during that job. And when its finally done, an "xset +dpms"ENTER is all it takes to restore normal blanking and power control. > The only workable permanent solution appears to be the xorg.conf one, > but I was physically unable to test this last time I was trying. My > present set-up is not going to be permanent, so I am leaving it alone > and cursing when I forget. But once I have reinstalled Wheezy instead > of Jessie, I shall write an xorg.conf in order to have this working. > > Do you feel like sharing your xorg.conf please, "deloptes"? And if > you do, could you copy me in with a private copy?? > > Emails from you via the TDE list don't reach me, and the list robot > complains that I am bouncing things and threatens to kick me off the > list. Emails you send to the Debian list reach me, so I don't know > what is going on. > > Lisi I am sending through shentel.net for both this list and debian-user, and yes I get threatening messages from the both servers, which fusses when it gets a single bounce. But then the fine print says I am like only one bounce in the 80 it takes to forcibly unsubscribe me. 1 in 80? And its fussing? Bring me a beer and we'll both cry in it while trying to find decent company adjectives to go with asinine. OTOH, I am not running either server. Which is quite likely a good thing in the Lazarus Long view. ;-) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>