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.
>
> 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 was going to insert it here Lisi, but I do not actually have one of 
those critters on this more or less wheezy system,  sorry.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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